Liad Shoham

Liad Shoham was born in 1971 in Givatayim

Liad Shoham was born in Givatayim in 1971. His mother, Haya Shoham, ran the Tichon Hadash high school in Tel Aviv, and his father worked for the Ministry of Defense. As a child he lived in Paris for a few years because of his father's work.

He served in the Intelligence Corps from 1990 to 1992. He earned a law degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master's degree in international commercial law at the London School of Economics.

He joined the Israel Bar Association in 1997 and has worked since 1999 at the law firm Golan, Goldschmidt & Co., where he is a partner. He specializes in administrative and commercial law and also lectures at Tel Aviv University.

His first book, London in a Pita, came out in 2001 and was followed by three humorous books. After a writing block, editor Dov Alfon suggested he write thrillers, and he went on to write 9 of them, as well as children's and young adult books. His books were translated into 6 languages and adapted for television and the Gesher Theater.

He lives in Tel Aviv. He is married and has two children.