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Gila Green is a Canadian-born author, editor, and EFL teacher based in Israel. She has written six novels spanning multiple genres, including literary fiction, young adult eco-fiction, and magical realism.

Novels

  • With A Good EyeLuna Levi is a 19-year-old navigating extraordinary challenges. With a distant father, a mother consumed by her acting career, and a series of financial crises, her world spirals further when a stranger disrupts their lives. As Luna warns her mother about the dangers ahead, she is ignored—until it’s too late.
  • The InheritanceLayne Bristol escaped her con-artist parents and abusive brother, building a new life in Toronto. But a cryptic text message threatens to pull her back into a past she thought she had left behind. Betrayal, hidden truths, and a fateful decision stand between her and the life she’s fought to rebuild.
  • White Zion – A novel-in-stories tracing a family’s journey from Yemen to Ottoman Palestine, British Mandate-era Israel, and beyond (Cervena Barva Press, 2019).
  • Passport Control – A coming-of-age novel following Miriam Gil from Canada to Israel, where she uncovers family secrets, struggles to belong, and becomes entangled in a murder mystery (S&H Publishing, 2018).
  • No Entry – A young adult eco-fiction novel about 17-year-old Yael Amar, who exposes a deadly poaching ring in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. This environmental thriller highlights the perils of elephant poaching and introduces a Jewish eco-heroine (Stormbird Press, Australia).
  • King of the Class – A political satire set in a futuristic Israel divided into secular and Halachic states. When Eve’s child is kidnapped, she must navigate a deeply fractured society to bring him home (NON Publishing, Vancouver, 2013).

Short Fiction & Nonfiction

Gila’s short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines worldwide, including:

Akashic Books Arc Magazine (appearing twice) Arts & Letters (forthcoming, fall, 2023) Boston Literary Review Fiction Magazine Jane Doe Buys a Challah Jewish Fiction Kunapipi Journal Life as a Human Many Mountains Moving Noir Nation Nothing But Red Anthology One for Each Night: The Greatest Chanukah Stories of All Time  Malarkey Books (novel excerpt) Pilot Pocket Books Quality Women's Fiction Sephardic Horizons Tel Aviv Stories Terrain.org The Bookends Review The Dalhousie Review The Deronda Review The Fiddlehead The Jewish Literary Journal The Mom Egg Anthology The Saranac Review The South Circular Yuan Yang Journal, Write-Haus Magazine

Her short story Roller Coaster appears in the One for Each Night: The Greatest Chanukah Stories of All Time anthology (New Vessel Press, NY, 2023). An excerpt from The Inheritance was published in Malarkey Books, and her latest poetry appears in Exiled Writers Ink.

Her nonfiction has been featured in Distinctions, Doikayt, The Millions, Times of Israel, Live, Write, Thrive, Writers Write, The Creative Penn, WOW-Women on Writing, and other book and writing platforms.

Awards & Recognition

Gila’s work has been shortlisted for:

  • The Doris Bakwin Literary Award (Carolina Wren Press)
  • The WordSmitten TenTen Fiction Contest
  • The Walrus Literary Award (twice)
  • The Eric Hoffer Best New Writing Award (twice)
  • Iron Horse Literary Review (Finalist, "Unlawful Acts" Issue)

 

Teaching & Community Involvement

Gila has led creative writing workshops for WOW-Women on Writing, The American Sephardi Federation's Institute of Jewish Experience, and Lounge Writers. She has also participated in the Vancouver Jewish Book Festival (2020) and the Jewish Book Council's "Author Talk" series.

Her fellowships include the Summer Literary Seminars Program (Montreal).

Personal Background

Gila has lived in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. She has been a member of SCBWI and continues to engage in the literary world through workshops, author talks, and editorial work.

 

Published Writings

NOVELS

New novel With A Good Eye is forthcoming (August, 2024) with AOS Publishing, Montreal. 

With A Good Eye is a suspense thriller. 

  • Passport Control (S&H Publishing, Virginia, 2018)
  • White Zion novel in stories (Cervena Barva Press, Massachusetts, 2019)
  • No Entry (Stormbird Press, Australia, 2019)
  • King of the Class (NON Publishing, Vancouver, 2013)

SHORTS

In addition to her novels, Gila Green has published dozens of short stories in literary magazines and anthologies in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong.

  • Akashic Books
  • Arc Magazine
  • Arts & Letters (forthcoming, fall, 2023)
  • Boston Literary Magazine
  • Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal
  • Fiction Magazine
  • Jane Doe Buys a Challah
  • Jewish Fiction
  • Kunapipi Journal
  • Life as a Human
  • Many Mountains Moving
  • Noir Nation
  • Nothing But Red Anthology
  • One for Each Night: The Greatest Chanukah Stories of All Time (forthcoming December 2023)
  • Malarkey Books (novel excerpt)
  • Pilot Pocket Books
  • Quality Women's Fiction
  • Sephardic Horizons
  • Tel Aviv Stories
  • Terrain.org
  • The Bookends Review
  • The Dalhousie Review
  • The Deronda Review
  • The Fiddlehead
  • The Jewish Literary Journal 
  • The Mom Egg Anthology
  • The Saranac Review
  • The South Circular
  • Yuan Yang Journal

NONFICTION

Stella's Books (guest post forthcoming summer 2023)

The Nosher (creative nonfiction recipe Yemenite Harish)

The Nosher (creative nonfiction recipe Yemenit Matit, forthcoming June 20230

The Book Designer (guest post)

Live Write Thrive (guest post)

Fiction Magazine (guest post)

Christi Craig (guest post)

DragonFly: an exploration of eco-fiction (interview) 

Nashim Magazine (guest post)

The Creative Penn (guest post)

School History (interview)

AM/FM Magazine (interview)

Tony Riches The Writing Desk (guest post)

B for Book Review (guest post)

Excerpt King of the Class Times of Israel

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin (Interview)

Don Jimmy Review (guest post)

Writers Helping Writers (guest post)

Wrapt Magazine (guest post)

Sephardic Horizons (review White Zion)

The Deronda Review (interview King of the Class)

Ravishly (guest post)

Alex Pearl (Interview)

Yael Shachar (guest post)

WOWwomenonwriting (guest post)

Kathryn Schleich (guest post)

Morgan Bailey (guest post)

Between the Lines (guest post)

Kathy Steinemann (guest post)

PODCASTS

NovelClass: Hanukkah Special With Author Gila Green The Last Watchman of Old Cairo 

NovelClass: Passport Control (review)

NovelClass: Bianca Marais' If You Want to Make God Laugh (With Guest Host Gila Green)

New Books Network

The Book of Life

Forthcoming: Randy Lacey (Canadian podcast)

POETRY

REVIEWS

Jewish Home LA (review Passport Control)

NovelClass: Passport Control (review)

Pinar Tarhan (review Passport Control)

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin (review Passport Control)

Batya Medad Shiloh Musings (Passport Control)

Live Encounters (No Entry)

Kate on Conservation (No Entry)

Steph's Book Blog White Zion

Reading Jewish Fiction White Zion

Expand the Table (White Zion)

Baltimore Jewish Times ( King of the Class)

Jewish Book Council (King of the Class)

Room Magazine (King of the Class)

Pank Magazine (King of the Class)

Awards

SHORT-LISTED

  • Summer Literary Seminars
  • Doris Bakwin Literary
  • Walrus Literary
  • Best New Writing, Eric Hoffer
  • TenTen Fiction

Latest Books

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

This suspense/thriller asks, if you were to walk away from your family, would you ever go back, even if you received a desperate text message?

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With a Good Eye

With a Good Eye

This family drama is part crime fiction and part domestic noir. With A Good Eye will make you question: can you ever save anyone but yourself and do any of us ever really leave home?

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No Entry

No Entry

In No Entry, Canadian teenager, Yael Amar, signs on to an elephant conservation program and ends up coming face to face with violence, greed, and murder and the taste of a very real danger for all of us: elephant extinction.

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White Zion

White Zion

White Zion is a novel in stories forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press (April 2019). The novel takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen, pre-State Israel, modern Israel and modern Canada...

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Passport Control

Passport Control

Miriam Gil knows little about Israel. Her father won’t talk about his life there or the brother he left behind when he came to Canada. Hurt and angry when he tells her to move out to make room for his new girlfriend, she enrolls in an Israeli university. She falls in love with Guy... 

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King of the Class

King of the Class

Eve and Manny are engaged in post-civil war Israel, but Manny has a secret: he’s falling in love with his religious roots and turning his back on moral relativism. As their wedding date approaches...

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