Naomi Shepherd was born and educated in Britain and, having lived most of her life in Israel, is now back in the UK. Wilfrid Israel: German Jewry’s Secret Ambassador was her first ...view moreNaomi Shepherd was born and educated in Britain and, having lived most of her life in Israel, is now back in the UK. Wilfrid Israel: German Jewry’s Secret Ambassador was her first book and won the H.H. Wingate Prize 1984. Her other books are The Zealous Intruders: The Western Rediscovery of Palestine; A Price Below Rubies: Jewish Women as Rebels and Radicals; The Mayor and the Citadel: Teddy Kollek and Jerusalem; The Russians in Israel; Ploughing Sand: British Rule in Palestine 1917-1948; Alarms and Excursions: Thirty Years in Israel; and a collection of short stories, Ashes.view less