Avraham Azrieli writes books and screenplays. His novel Deborah Rising (HarperCollins, 2016), inspired by the true story of the first woman to lead a nation in human history, won the 2017 Illumination Book Award for fiction. A graduate of Columbia Law School in New York City, Azrieli represented business clients in numerous complex court cases before trial and appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court.