Michal Snunit lives in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Her Book, “The Soul Bird”, is an international bestseller and was awarded the first international prize for children books, Geneva, 1993. It has been translated into 48 languages. In 2006 “The Soul Bird”, was chosen in Mexico as The Book of the Year by the President and The Ministry of Education. The prize – a special edition of 100,000 copies went out to print and became a mandatory book in the national school system.