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Lavie Tidhar
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1976
Lavie Tidhar 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 has lived in London. His novel Osama won the 2012 World Fantasy Award—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 £5000 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, for Best British Fiction, in 2015. He won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2017, for Central Station and received the Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation, for The Escapement, in 2022. Maror won the prestigious Deutscher Krimi Preis in 2025 for Best International Crime novel.
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About Lavie Tidhar
Birth
1976
First book
1998
Years writing
28
Lavie Tidhar 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 has lived in London. His novel Osama won the 2012 World Fantasy Award—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 £5000 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, for Best British Fiction, in 2015. He won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2017, for Central Station and received the Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation, for The Escapement, in 2022. Maror won the prestigious Deutscher Krimi Preis in 2025 for Best International Crime novel.
Lavie Tidhar was born in 1976 in the Israeli city of Afula.
He is a prolific author with a career spanning over 150 published works.
His literary style is noted for exploring genres such as science fiction and fantasy.
The novel Osama is one of his most internationally recognized works.
His bibliography includes notable titles such as Camera Obscura, where he explores steampunk.
