Live shows br br br About the guest br br br br br br Daniela is a former Israeli diplomat, turned writer. br br Her stories, articles and essays have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines, and first collection of short stories, titled ‘The Year Spring Turned into Winter’ was out in December 2008. Crossing Qalandiya – Exchanges Across the Israeli Palestinian Divide, co-authored with Shireen Anabtawi, was published in the UK in May 2010. br br Daniela is Represented by Genevieve Carden from the Carden-Wright Literary Agency in the UK and by Dystel-Godertich Literary Management in the US. br Awards: br br * ByLine Magazine 2006 & 2007 (US); br * Swanwick Short Story 2007 (UK); br * Chichester Observer Magazine 2007 (UK); br * LIEWW (Geneva, Switzerland) February 2008 and March 2009; br * Writing Club, Ireland April 2008; br * Neil Gunn (Scotland) June 2009; br * short-listed for the Bridport Prize 2009 br * Society of Women Writers and Journalists 2009 Overseas Competition br * John C Laurence Award 2010, UK Society of Authors br * Longlisted for the Fish Prize 2011 br * Honorable mention – Unbound Press Short Story Award 2011 br * 2011 Spilling Ink Short Story Prize (3rd) br br Member of SWWJ (Society of Women Writers and Journalists, UK), GWG (Geneva Writers’ Group, Switzerland), The Society of Authors (UK) and PEN International. br br br br About the book br br br br On Dragonfly Wings – a Skeptic's Journey to Mediumship, is a candid and personal search for the meaning of life, of death and of grief. It aims to give hope to those who have lost a loved one and to those who are about to pass beyond – hope that this is not an end.