Gur Ilany grew up in a house packed with wild animals in the desert, south Israel. His father, a known cat’s zoologist (also known as “the Israeli Gerald Durell”), regularly brought home various mammals, among them a leopard cub. Ilany left the desert in 1998, to study visual communications in Wizo College of Design, Israel, and film & television in VCA, Melbourne, Australia. He lives in Israel, spends his time developing games and writing.