Tikva Hecht is a writer, mostly of poetry, but also of fiction, lyric essays and other assorted cross-genre experiments. Her debut poetry collection, Tashlikh (Ben Yehuda Press, 2024), was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and shortlisted for the Maya Poetry Book Awards. Tikva's writing can be found in Canadian Literature, CV2, Grain Magazine, Modern Literature, and The Lehrhaus, among other publications. She has served as a Yetzirah Jewish Poetry Conference Scholar, a National Havurah Committee Institute Timbrel Artist-in-Residence and a University of California, Riverside, Gluck Fellow, and has taught creative writing workshops for students of all ages in formal and informal settings. She is the editorial director at Aleph Beta, where she produces the podcast A Book Like No Other. 

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Tikva earned her MFA in creative writing from UC Riverside. She also holds an MA in philosophy from the New School for Social Research, and a BA in Judaic studies from Yeshiva University, with a focus in Talmud.

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For high-res author photos, cover image of Tashlikh, and bios of various lengths, please visit Tikva’s Press Kit.

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