Tamar Hodes is a British-Israeli writer known for her novels and short stories. Her work has appeared in Salt's Best British Stories, A Treasury of Jewish Stories, and Lilith and Manna, and has been broadcast on Radio 4. She writes literary fiction and is best known for The Water and the Wine (2018).
Tamar Hodes was born in Israel in 1961. She spent her early years in Greece and South Africa. In 1967, she moved to the UK with her family. She grew up in North London and later studied English and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. She taught English in schools, universities, and prisons for thirty-five years.
Her first novel, Raffy's Shapes (2006), was published by Accent Press and was Waterstones' Book of the Month in October of that year. In 2011, she published The Watercress Wife and Other Stories, a collection of short stories. Her novel The Water and the Wine (2018), published by Hookline Books, was praised by the San Francisco Review of Books as "a very fine treasure".
Tamar's short stories have appeared on BBC Radio 4 and in anthologies, including Salt's Best British Short Stories 2015. Her work has also appeared in The Pigeonhole, Your One Phone Call, Ofi Press (Mexico), MIR Online (Birkbeck College), Fictive Dream and Lilith (USA).
She has received recognition in literary competitions. Her novel The Mauves was shortlisted for the Wells Literature Festival Children's Prize. Her story The Boating Pond was longlisted for the Frome Prize, and Letter to the Sea was runner-up in Elle magazine's short story competition. Her flash fiction piece The City of Stories won third prize in the Retreat West competition.
In 202,5 Tamar published Mixed, a novel about the relationship between two sisters, Ruth and Miriam Green. Ruth follows her traditional Jewish upbringing, while Miriam has taken a different path. As they struggle with their differences, family tensions rise. The novel explores faith, identity and belonging with humour and warmth.
Tamar Hodes is married and has two grown-up children and a grandson. She lives in Southampton, England.
Photo credit: X @HodesTamar
Tamar Hodes was born in Israel in 1961. She spent her early years in Greece and South Africa. In 1967, she moved to the UK with her family. She grew up in North London and later studied English and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. She taught English in schools, universities, and prisons for thirty-five years.
Her first novel, Raffy's Shapes (2006), was published by Accent Press and was Waterstones' Book of the Month in October of that year. In 2011, she published The Watercress Wife and Other Stories, a collection of short stories. Her novel The Water and the Wine (2018), published by Hookline Books, was praised by the San Francisco Review of Books as "a very fine treasure".
Tamar's short stories have appeared on BBC Radio 4 and in anthologies, including Salt's Best British Short Stories 2015. Her work has also appeared in The Pigeonhole, Your One Phone Call, Ofi Press (Mexico), MIR Online (Birkbeck College), Fictive Dream and Lilith (USA).
She has received recognition in literary competitions. Her novel The Mauves was shortlisted for the Wells Literature Festival Children's Prize. Her story The Boating Pond was longlisted for the Frome Prize, and Letter to the Sea was runner-up in Elle magazine's short story competition. Her flash fiction piece The City of Stories won third prize in the Retreat West competition.
In 202,5 Tamar published Mixed, a novel about the relationship between two sisters, Ruth and Miriam Green. Ruth follows her traditional Jewish upbringing, while Miriam has taken a different path. As they struggle with their differences, family tensions rise. The novel explores faith, identity and belonging with humour and warmth.
Tamar Hodes is married and has two grown-up children and a grandson. She lives in Southampton, England.
Photo credit: X @HodesTamar
years of life: 1961 – present
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