Vered Tochterman (born 24 October 1970) is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i author, translator and editor of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 and fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

. Among her work is a short story collection, Lifamim Ze Acheret (Sometimes It's Different), (Opus press, 2002), for whom she received the Israeli Geffen Award

Geffen Award

The Geffen Award is an annual literary award given by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy since 1999, and presented at the Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, ICon Festival...

 in 2003 as well as an array of short stories published in varies magazines in Israel

Israel

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. Several of them were the winners of the ISSF short stories contest over the years.

Tochterman edited the Israeli SF&F magazine Chalomot Be'aspamia

Chalomot Be'aspamia

Chalomot Be'aspamia is an Israeli magazine of science fiction and fantasy short stories. It is published since 2002 by Ron Yaniv. Its first editor was Vered Tochterman...

 (“Idle dreams”) in the years 2002-2006.

One of her stories, Hunting a Unicorn, appeared in the December 2003 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...

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