Lavie Tidhar
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Lavie Tidhar in London in 2006
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16 November 1976 Israel |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Israeli/South African/British |
| Genre | Fantasy, science fiction, slipstream |
| Notable works | Osama; The Violent Century; A Man Lies Dreaming |
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Lavie Tidhar (Hebrew: לביא תדהר) (born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Tidhar lives in London. His novel Osama won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, beating Stephen King's 11/22/63 and George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons. His novel A Man Lies Dreaming won the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, worth £5000, for Best British Fiction.
Tidhar grew up in the communal atmosphere of an Israeli Kibbutz. He began to travel extensively from the age of 15 and incorporates his experiences as a traveller into several of his works.
A series of anthologies published since 2009, collecting short stories of international speculative fiction. Tidhar edited the first three volumes, and remained as overall Series Editor from the fourth volume.
As Series Editor
Several of Tidhar's short stories relate to one another in the following chronological order, according to the author:
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