Yochi Brandes was born in Israel to a family of Hassidic Rabbis. With degrees in both biblical and Judaic studies, she has been a prominent and sought-after lecturer on the Bible and on Jewish cultural topics for many years. She was awarded the Israel Book Publishers Association’s Platinum Prize for all eight of her novels and many of her books became #1 best-seller of the year.

Yochi Brandes is one of the three most-read authors in Israel, and has sold over 1 million books in Israel.