Niv Kaplan
Niv Kaplan was born in Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in Northern Israel in 1959. After high school, Niv served three years in an IDF special-forces reconnaissance outfit and took an active part in forming the IDF’s Alpine unit which he served in reserve duty. Niv received his BSc degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from Cal State University Northridge (CSUN) in 1992, spending nearly ten years in New York and Los Angeles. Niv has worked for 30 years in the Aerospace Industry and has written seven books so far, four of which have been published: Disappearance, Tracks, Sea Raid, and Kibbutz, Unplugged. Three books will be published soon by Austin Macauley: The Hijacking, Whiteboy, and Sleepers.