Haner Bat Hannah is a pseudonym. The author is a sociologist and a former senior faculty member at Ben Gurion University in Israel who has published numerous professional articles and books under her real name. After retiring from university teaching at the age of 60 she tapped into her creative self, and poetry and novels poured out, resulting in the publishing of three novels and two books of poetry in Hebrew within six years.

Today Haner's time is divided between her professional activities and literary work.