ליאורה גרוסמן

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Lithuania, there lived a little girl named Liora.
Her Hebrew name was chosen from a forbidden list that was passed around secretly between Jews in the Soviet Union, and she was never given a Russian name. Luckily, she immigrated to Israel at the age of five, who knows what might have happened otherwise.

After living in an absorption center in Be’er Sheva, she moved to a housing project in Kiryat Ono, then to a neighborhood in Giv’at Shmuel. She has since lived in 13 apartments, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and has finally settled in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and dogs.

Liora Grossman Liora Grossman illustrated more than 100 children’s books, is a curator of Israeli illustration, and an illustration teacher. Twenty years ago, she wrote a short story about an immigrant girl and her dog – but couldn’t find a publisher. Years later, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the old manuscript was pulled out of its hiding place, slightly expanded, and sent to Noa Manheim, the senior editor at Kinneret-Zmora-Dvir Publishing, who not only decided to publish it, but agreed to edit it herslef.

 

One thing led to another, 352 pages, 96 illustrations, and three comic strips later, The Rules was published.

Since its release, The Rules has broken all the rules:

It became a bestseller, crossed age boundaries, and turned into a young adult book that parents read under their covers, sisters pass on to their brothers, and readers enjoy everywhere in the country.

Liora Grossman is now beginning work on her second book: People Like Me.