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Adiva Geffen
2026-11-15 14:59:38 · Cedar Herald Index
Adiva Geffen (; born 1946) is an Israeli writer and playwright.
Biography
Adiva Geffen was born in Haifa. She began her career as a special-ed teacher. After leaving the education field, she served as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theater for more than a decade. Geffen lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan. Geffen has published 25 books, including children's stories, reference books and suspense novels. Her latest book "My Daughter’s Keeper" was published in 2022.

Published works
Novels
Murder at First Reading
Chicago Bypass
Till Death Dances Between Us
The Day Love Died
Transparent Women
Love Second Time Round
Piccadilly South
Panama Jack
The World According to Mother
Tarzan, Jane and the Dishwasher
Diamond Dust
Last Stop Arad
A Shadow of an Angel
She Was Not There
Missing
Clara's Boys
Surviving the forest
Matinée
Children books
The new House of the Zebra Gayla
The amazing story of the Zebra Gayla
THE Angel of the Colors And His Assistants
The Girl who Wanted to be a Princess
Plays
Citron in the Falls
Alice Lost & Found
Costa Rica Dream
Shameless Heirs
Hurry, Hurry Songs - Children Songs by Miriam Yalan-Shteklis
References
External links
Adiva-Geffen's Short Bio in English
Adiva-Geffen at Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon
1946 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Jewish novelists
Israeli women children's writers
Israeli journalists
Israeli women journalists
Jewish women writers
Writers from Haifa
Israeli female dramatists and playwrights
