Julian

About me:

My name is Julian Rubin; born 1954; live in Israel in a little desert town called Dimona (the setting of my novel). I have been an avid reader from early age and penned my first novel at the age of twelve in Hebrew. By profession, I am an electronics and computer technician and those are the position I held in the Israeli army Signal Corps and upon my release, at the Israeli National Telecommunication Company. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in math and Jewish history at the Open University of Israel and make a living, mainly as an information specialist freelancer and as a math, English and science high school teacher. I am also very interested in Bible history. My first juvenile novel, The Orchid Grower, reflects many of my life experiences and interests (children, dogs, sports, science, Internet) . My main goal was to present to the young reader several scientific topics fluently interwoven into an adventure plot in order to encourage science, web and computer literacy among the young. I prefer to write for the pre-puberty age because those youngsters are old enough to understand and young enough not to lose optimism.