Gila Green

Gila Green is a writer, editor, and EFL teacher. She received a Combined Honours BA in English and Journalism in 1993. As the daughter of a Yemenite-Israeli father and an Ashkenazi-Canadian mother, she often writes about the immigrant experience, including dislocation, alienation, and racism. She spent time in South Africa before settling in Israel where she lives with her husband and five children. She is the author of a novel in stories White Zion (2019) and two adult novels Passport Control (2018) and King of the Class (2013). Her short works have appeared in dozens of literary magazines and anthologies in five countries. Her young-adult novel No Entry is forthcoming in 2019 and is the first in an environmental series that tackles elephant poaching.

In her own words…

I remember someone telling me early on at Carleton that double majoring in Journalism and English was not the best idea. “You’ll write English essays that read like news articles or news articles that read like English essays,” I was warned.

I resisted this well-meaning advice and was doubly enriched for it. As an English major, my appreciation for examining texts at different levels of analysis is now indispensable for me as a fiction writer and freelance editor. Writers and editors must examine the historical, cultural, and literary significance of works and I continue to lean on this solid foundation.

More importantly, I enhanced the love of literature that I have had my entire life and that feeling has only become stronger over time. I consider myself privileged to have learned skills at Carleton that continue to serve me in my professional career.