37 Israeli children's writers

Gila Almagor Agmon is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre".

Ruth Almog is an Israeli novelist.

Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children’s literature. Born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1909, she arrived in Palestine in 1921, at the age of 12.

Amos Bar, also known as "Possa", was an Israeli author, teacher, and editor. Most of his books are for children and young adults.

Eran Ben-Shahar is an Israeli author, philosopher, journalist and inventor. Born in Haifa, Israel, after living and lecturing in the Galilee, Israel he now lives in New Zealand. Author of the bestseller Barely-Bear Makes Money and also of 42 – Personal Empowerment Pocket Guide and Ofer the Fawn – The Water Riddle. Creator of the "Social-Capitalistic" concept. Inventor of many open-source internet products and publishings. His books are published in Biblical Hebrew in the source, translated to English (2006) and Chinese (2007).

Nahum Benari was an Israeli writer and an intellectual. He is known mainly for promoting many Israeli cultural initiatives, primarily in the 1940s-50s, through his position as a member of the management body of the Histadrut.

Elham Dwairy Tabry is an Arab Palestinian author and citizen of Israel.

Barbara Elefant-Raiskin was a Jewish American-Israeli educator, university lecturer, poet, painter, author of children's literature and textbooks.

Emuna Elon is an Israeli author, journalist, and women's rights activist.

Alona Frankel is a Polish-born Israeli writer and illustrator of many, classic children's books as well as recently published poetic memoirs for young adults. She was born in Kraków, Poland, and is a Holocaust survivor. In 1949, Alona immigrated to Israel.

Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher.

David Grossman is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Maira Kalman is an Israeli-born American illustrator, writer, artist, and designer. She is known for her playful and witty illustrations, featured in publications such as The New York Times and The New Yorker, and the children's books that she has both written and illustrated. The urban environment of New York City brings Kalman's creativity to life. She has collaborated with New York institutions, such as The Museum of Modern Art. She has also drawn inspiration from the city's geography and well known landmarks. Her picture book, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, can be found in WorldCat library. This book was both written and illustrated by Kalman. It won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction in 2003.

Yoram Kaniuk was an Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic.

Judith Katzir is an Israeli writer of novels, short stories, and children's books in Hebrew. Her works have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, and Spanish. She is noted for her rich language, her lyrical yet matter-of-fact tone, and her distinct style, which is often characterized by a female second-person narrator and sometimes by the syntactic use of long and short sentences to suggest the rhythm of events. Critics have identified her as one of the first Israeli women novelists to break into what had been, until the 1980s, a male-dominated field.

Rivka Keren is an Israeli writer.

Levin Kipnis, or was born 1890, was an Israeli children's author and poet who wrote mainly in Hebrew and Yiddish. He won the Israel prize in 1978.

Paul Kor was an Israeli painter, graphic designer, children's author and illustrator who won many prizes in Israel and worldwide.

Yair Lapid is an Israeli politician and former journalist serving as chairman of the Yesh Atid party and opposition leader in the Knesset. He served as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2014. Before entering politics in 2012, Lapid was an author, TV presenter and news anchor. The centrist Yesh Atid party, which he founded, became the second-largest party in the Knesset by winning 19 seats in its first legislative election in 2013. The greater-than-anticipated results contributed to Lapid's reputation as a leading centrist.

Nava Macmel-Atir is an Israeli author, playwright and poet. She is best known for having written the books Adi's Jewel and Ot me-Avshalom, which became a bestseller and has earned Macmel-Atir numerous recognitions and awards.

Yigal Mossinson was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series.

Hanny Nahmias is an Israeli singer, actress, writer, television personality and children's star.

Dvora Omer was an Israeli author.

Uri Shraga Orbach was an Israeli Religious Zionist writer, journalist, and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home party, and as Minister of Pensioner Affairs.

Uri Orlev is a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1996 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature."

Anda Pinkerfeld Amir was an Israeli poet and author. She is best remembered in Israel as a children's writer.

Talia Rahimi is an Israeli author, poet, teacher and linguist.

Galila Ron-Feder Amit is an Israeli children books author. She has written 400 books, as well as television and film scripts. She also published a children`s nature magazine, and served as editor of a science magazine for young readers.

Meir Shalev is an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Shalev's books have been translated into 26 languages.

Zeruya Shalev is a bestselling Israeli author.

Ephraim Sidon is an Israeli author, playwright, and satirist, noted for both his satirical work and his children's books.

Eliezer Smoli (1901–1985) was an Israeli writer known for his children's books.

Gadi Taub is an Israeli historian, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and conspiracy theorist. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Communications at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Taub is also an internationally noticed voice in the discourse on Zionism.

Dan Tsalka was an Israeli writer.

Yehuda Vizan is an Israeli poet, editor, translator and critic. Vizan is the editor and founder of Dehak - A Magazine For Good Literature.

Chaim Walder is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and author of literature for children, adolescents, and adults. In 1993, he became an Israeli publishing sensation with his first book, Yeladim Mesaprim al Atzmam, which revolutionized literature for Haredi children by introducing young protagonists who speak openly about their problems and feelings. Yeladim Mesaprim al Atzmam became one of the top five bestselling books of all time in Israel, and opened the door for many more writers to produce original fiction for Haredi youth. Walder is also a long-time columnist on social issues for the Hebrew daily Yated Ne'eman, an educational counselor, and manager of the Center for the Child and Family, operated by the Bnei Brak municipality.

Nurit Zarchi is an Israeli poet and author for adults and children.