Maya C. Klinger is a children’s author and lecturer. She has over twenty years of experience in researching, guiding, and educating, and she has worked with a large variety of ages. Among her fields of expertise are Bible research, Holocaust remembrance, and nurturing the love of reading.
Maya has guided visitors’ tours through the city of Jerusalem and national sites such as Yad Vashem, Tower of David, and Bible Lands Museum. She has worked as an educator in kindergartens and elementary schools as well as high schools and served as the professors’ assistant (TA) at the Hebrew University. Maya holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Bible Research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, both cum laude.
Maya lives in Maryland with her husband and their three daughters.
Contact details - mayaklico@gmail.com
In her debut children's book, Maya tells the true story of a family of photographers rescued by Albanian Muslims during World War II.
The Hebrew edition of The Photographer's Son received the prestigious Yad Vashem Award (World Holocaust Remembrance Center). The book was translated into Albanian, and is soon to be released in Germany by the Suhrkamp-Insel Publishing House.
Maya's second book, Fin Island, is a dystopian YA novel was published in 2023 in Israel, and was listed as a recommended book by the Ministry of Education.
Maya's third book - I Only Like the Red Ones - another middle grade WWII true story - was published in 2024 in Israel.
The English edition of The Photographer's Son is available for purchase.