Helen Burko

HELEN BURKO is well known to the reading public in Israel through the 20 novels she wrote. Her books are still in great demand - although she passed away some years ago. Some of them had already been translated into German, Russian, and soon English. Novels such as A KIND OF WOMAN, BRIDGE TO LOVE, WILD AS THE WIND, THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM, and MUMMY, THEY ALL DO IT… are only a few from her extensive repertoire. She is admired by young and old alike. Her novels are vehicles for her personal philosophy of humanism and insight. HELEN BURKO was born in Western Ukraine. At the outbreak of World War II and the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe, she was captured by the Germans and succeeded to escape from death in a concentration camp to the woods of Poland, where she joined the Partisans. Her turbulent life is an unbelievable story for itself. In the woods, she became a Partisan fighter against the German Nazi army. Her bravery brought her to become one of the most decorated female snipers in her battalion. Her story will soon become an American international movie. [Wild as the Wind] After the war, she came to the newborn Israel and continued her writing with much success. For her work – she received a presidential award on behalf of her best sellers, which portray characters and gripping stories - abroad and in Israel. A KIND OF WOMAN is one of them.