Zehavit Tal On was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, where she currently resides with her husband and two kids. She studied in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A in Sociology and Education), and the Northeastern University extension in Israel, (M.A in Education Counseling). She has been working as a teacher since 1998. Ever since she learned how to read and write, that is how she spent most of her days. She always knew that someday she would write books, and as a young girl, she wrote poems, stories and even a short novel. With the outbreak of the Internet era, she wrote in various blogs on a wide range of topics. The desire to write a book was inside her the entire time and did not let her rest. She knew she had stories to tell. When she received an email explaining about how the Holocaust is becoming a myth and that the number of Holocaust deniers is increasing, she decided that it was time. She wrote a book to incorporate the Holocaust story of her family, a story that might help people admire one another more; after all, we are all creatures of the same God. "To Cross The Ocean" is her first book--the first of a trilogy.