Ram Oren

1936 Born in Tel-Aviv
1950 Works as messenger boy for Yediot Aharonot, Israel’s leading daily
1952-1955 Yediot Aharonot’s legal correspondent
1955-1958 Reporter for Bamahane, the Israel Defense Force’s weekly newspaper
1958-1963 Studies law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; joins Israeli Bar
1964-1967 Resumes work for Yediot Aharonot, as military affairs correspondent and as newspaper’s legal counsel
1967-1972 Yediot Aharonot’s chief reporter in New York
1984-1994 Senior Editor at Yediot Aharonot
1994 Publishes first novel, Seduction, a runaway bestseller. Resigns from Yediot Aharonot and begins a literary career.
1996 Founds the Keshet publishing house
1996-2005

Publishes 15 of his own books, along with the work of other leading Israeli writers. Sees his first book adapted for film, writes two history books on Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, and climbs to second on the all-time Israeli bestseller list—just after the books of Moses.

 
2005     Sells his millionth copy