Sami BERDUGO (b. 1970, Israel) has published two award-winning books. Black Girl won the 1999 Debut Book prize from Israel's Ministry of Science, Culture, and Sport and his novel, And Say It To the Wind (2002), received the Yaacov Shabtai, the Peter Shyipert, and the Bernstein prizes. Orphans , comprised of two novellas and one short story, is forthcoming this year. He is participating courtesy of the US-Israel Education Foundation.