Rivka Keren (b. 1946, Debrecen, Hungary) immigrated to Israel in 1957 and attained formal training in art, literature, philosophy, and clinical psychology. Writing and painting since childhood, she has published fourteen books, including works for adults, adolescents, and children, novels, short stories, poems, and translations and has exhibited her paintings in several countries. She is the recipient of eight major literary awards, and her books are translated from Hebrew to German, English, Spanish, Russian and Hungarian.