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Ron Leshem

Ron Leshem is an Israeli writer, screenwriter and journalist, known for the novel behind the film Beaufort and for co-creating the series Euphoria.

born 1976The novel If There Is a HeavenCo-creating EuphoriaThe series Valley of Tears

Born: 20 December 1976, Tel Aviv
Occupation: journalist, writer, screenwriter

Ron Leshem was born in 1976 in Tel Aviv

Ron Leshem was born in Tel Aviv on December 20, 1976, and grew up in Givatayim. His parents are Ziva and Gideon Leshem. As a teenager he worked in television on educational and youth programs, and wrote for Ma'ariv La'noar.

He served in the IDF Intelligence Corps in Unit 8200.

From 1998 to 2002 he worked at Yediot Ahronot, where he headed the reporters and wrote reports on the Second Intifada. In 2002 he joined Maariv as deputy editor-in-chief and head of news, and ran its website. His first novel, If There Is a Heaven, came out in 2005 and won the Sapir Prize and the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize in 2006.

From 2006 to 2009 he worked at Keshet, becoming its head of content and programming. He co-created The Gordin Cell in 2011 and Euphoria in 2012, and was an executive producer of the HBO version. In 2013 he moved to the United States, where he went on to co-write Incitement, Valley of Tears and Traitor, among other works.