Nataly Shohat

Nataly Shohat is a writer and archivist, and has worked in both professions simultaneously for many years. An expert in Jewish and Israeli military history, she is also an editor and lecturer on personal empowerment. Nataly holds an MA degree in information sciences with honors. Born in 1967 in Israel, she is married and a mother of two adopted teenagers.

Nataly has published four books. Two are children’s books in Hebrew: Party in Circle City and Animal Mix-Up. She also published two books in 2017 with Best Seller Books, in both Hebrew and English. The first is Blogging to Anne Frank: Two Diaries, Two Girls, One Truth, a unique diary in which a teenage girl corresponds with Anne Frank through her world-famous diary. This book touches gently on painful issues in the Holocaust, from the point of view of a contemporary Israeli girl. Nataly’s second book is on a very different issue, one that is directly related to her personal life. Barren – Tales of Yearning for Motherhood is a collection of nineteen short stories, the author’s favorite format, on the issue of childless women.

While the ink dries on these new publications, Nataly is already working on new ideas inspired by the muses in the Holy Land.

Nataly Shohat is an eclectic and colorful writer. Like her diverse life, her books address a wide range of topics and appeal to a broad audience of readers from many backgrounds. Each book is a unique literary gem and stands alone with its own particular message.

The author has faced complex challenges in her life: barrenness and failed fertility treatments; depression; adopting two young children, one of whom is on the autistic spectrum; and a number of severe diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Despite all this, she offers her readers a message of hope, careful optimism, and finding opportunity in challenge. Her personal advice to women undergoing fertility treatments: Don’t sacrifice yourselves on the altar of parenthood! Every kind of parenthood is a positive experience: adoption (even older children or special needs children), fostering, surrogacy – all are wonderful, challenging and powerfully satisfying!