Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar (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.

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

In 2021, Tidhar began a new series with The Best of World SF, published in hardcover by Head of Zeus.

Inspired by authors like Cordwainer Smith, C.L. Moore, Clifford D. Simak, Philip K. Dick and Zenna Henderson.

Several of Tidhar's short stories relate to one another in the following chronological order, according to the author:

"Substantively different" versions of these stories form the basis of the fix-up novel Central Station.

Short Animated Film

Tidhar is referenced in several works of fiction:

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.

As of 2013, Tidhar has lived in London.

He won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2017, for Central Station.

From October 2019 to August 2022, Tidhar, along with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, was the science fiction and fantasy columnist for The Washington Post.

Since 2023 he has been writing short animated films for director Nir Yaniv under their shared label, Positronish.

Tidhar was born and raised on Dalia, a prosperous kibbutz in Israel's rural north.

He began to travel extensively from the age of 15 and incorporates his experiences as a traveler into several of his works.

Children's Books

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