“My writing gives me great satisfaction,” said the author, who passed away on June 14. “I have a push to tell the story. Life continues to give me ideas, and in this land, there is no shortage of subjects [to write about].”
“Occasionally, I’ll meet editors there or famous illustrators, in which I case I get their autographs. It’s a big, exciting event,” says Shirley Waisman, a book illustrator and a coordinator of the Israel chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
The BBC, Reuters, Guardian, Financial Times and Independent report on President Biden’s upcoming trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Biden is expected to .