Avner Mandelman was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Air Force, including the 1967 war. He has a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering from the Israeli Technion, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an MA in English / Creative Writing / Theatre from San Francisco State University. During his stock market ventures he also published extensively, both professional books, much anthologized stories, and an award-winning literary thriller, The Debba-- the first in the Undertaker trilogy. The Undertaker's Daughter is second in the Trilogy, and a third, Death of an Undertaker, is in the works. Avner now lives in Toronto, Canada, and spends his time reading, writing, investing, and mentoring young people
