Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (born 1982 in Tel Aviv) – Prominent Israeli novelist as well as a practicing clinical psychologist, an award-winning screenwriter, and a regular contributor to major outlets like the BBC, the Financial Times, and Time Magazine. Two of her translated novels broadly fit the military/thriller genre:

Waking Lions: Dr. Eitan Green, a neurosurgeon, hits an Eritrean migrant while speeding through the desert after a long hospital shift. Realizing the man is beyond help, Eitan panics and flees to protect his reputation and family. The next day, the victim’s widow, Sirkit, appears at his door with his wallet. Her price for silence is not money; she blackmails Eitan into running an underground medical clinic for refugees in a deserted garage. The tension is amplified because Eitan’s wife, Liat, is the police detective assigned to investigate the very hit-and-run he committed.

The Wolf Hunt: Lilach and Mikhael, Israeli expats living in Silicon Valley, enjoy a privileged life until a local synagogue is brutally attacked. To help their shy son Adam build confidence, they enroll him in a self-defense class run by a charismatic former Israeli Special Forces officer. A Black classmate, Jamal, dies at a house party from a suspected overdose. Rumors quickly spread that Jamal had bullied Adam and that Adam might be involved in his death. Lilach becomes an unreliable narrator as her suspicion grows. She begins to wonder if her son is a victim or a killer, and whether she ever truly knew him at all. [Google/AI]

Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet, (Waking Lions [hc, Little, Brown & Co., transl. by Sondra Silverston, 2017]) 978-0316395434 [pb, Pushkin Press, 2016] 978-1782272984

Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet, (The Wolf Hunt [hc, Little Brown & Co., transl. by Sondra Silverston, 2023] 978-0316423472 [pb, Pushkin Press, 2024] 978-1782279907