Ilana Kurshan is the author of If All the Seas Were Ink (St. Martin's Press, 2017) and Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights (Schocken, 2005). She has translated books of Jewish interest by Ruth Calderon, Benjamin Lau, and Micah Goodman, as well as novels, short story collections, and children’s picture books. She is a regular contributor to Lilith Magazine, where she serves as the Book Reviews Editor, and her writing has appeared in The Forward, The World Jewish Digest, Hadassah, Nashim, Zeek, Kveller, and Tablet. Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, summa cum laude, History of Science) and Cambridge University (M.Phil, English literature). She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four children.