Yossi Ovadia is an author and actor. He studied acting and theater arts, and holds degrees in bible studies, mathematics, and life sciences. After years of working as a scientist at the biophysics labs in Bar-Ilan University and molecular genetics in the Weizmann Institute of Science—he decided to focus on the arts.

His writing is characterized by a psychological-philosophical view of human behavior, while playing along the lines of the classic and modern, and the portrayal of nature and society.