Dina Rubina

Dina Rubina is an Israeli Russian-language writer. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1953, Dina had her first stories published in the 1970s. She studied music at the Tashkent Conservatory. Dina has received numerous awards, and is the bestselling author of over 40 titles, including eight novels. Her novels and short stories have been made into films, adapted for TV, and staged in theatres in Russia and Israel. She is the 2007 Big Book Award winner for the novel On the Sunny Side of the Street and a Russian Prize finalist for the novel The White Dove of Cordoba. Since 1990, Dina Rubina has been living in Ma'ale-Adumim, Israel, with her family.