Shelly Oria (born 1978)[1] is an Israeli American author, notable for short stories featuring queer characters.
[5] Oria studied how to be a life and creativity coach while in Israel between 2008 and 2009 in the Alder Institute and with Julia Cameron in 2004.
[8] Her collection of short stories, New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, was published by FSG and Random House Canada in November 2014.
New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 was translated into Hebrew and published in Israel by Keter Books in August 2015.
In September 2015, she told Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot that she's currently at work on several projects, including a play trilogy, a feature film, and a novel.