Orith Kolodny is a former sprinter (she held the Israeli record in the women’s 400 meters for 15 years)
and a graphic designer with a sense of humor. She is the author of Past & Present (hélium éditions,
2015) and co-author of a series of children’s books published by La Joie de Lire. Her first book,
Tel Aviv, was dedicated to her hometown and received a Bologna Ragazzi Award Special Mention.
With Actes Sud she has published 199 Drapeaux, which looks at flags from a design perspective, 
and Ma Maman et Moi, about the relationship between baby mammals and their moms,
Au dodo les animaux! (A Whale of a Sleep) with interesting fact on the sleeping habits of animals.