Dr. Yosef Gotlieb, a writer of verse and prose, was born in Costa Rica, raised and educated in the US, and has made his home in Israel since 1984. In addition to his fiction writing, Yosef Gotlieb's published work include Self-Determination in the Middle East, Development, Environment and Global Dysfunction, and numerous monographs and articles.

A geographer with specializations in international development and global change, Dr. Gotlieb is on the faculty of the David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem, where he directs the Text and Publishing Studies program.

Active in environmental, social action, and patients advocacy groups, Yosef Gotlieb resides with his family near Jerusalem. He is currently at work on his next novel, Dance of the Uroboros.