Maayan Ben Hagai was born in Kibbutz Degania Bet in 1970. Maayan is a social worker and she owns a bookstore in a mobile truck, Astronautit, which she takes to various communities on the weekends. She lives in Jerusalem with her three daughters. Maayan has published two novels, short stories and a book for youth, Gudai, which she wrote with Zahava Workitu Goshen.