Eve Harris was born to Israeli-Polish parents in Chiswick, West London, in 1973. She taught for twelve years at inner-city schools in London and also in Tel Aviv, after moving to Israel in 1999. She returned to London in 2002 to resume teaching at an all girls’ Catholic school. Her debut Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman, was inspired by her final year of teaching at an all girls’ ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in North West London. She lives in London with her husband, Jules, and their daughter Rosie.