Diklah Geva was born in 1960 to Dutch parents who, during the kibbutz split of 1951, moved from Kibbutz Beit Hashita to Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar, where she was raised. She pursued her education at universities in Israel and the United States, earning a PhD in biostatistics. Diklah has spent over four decades contributing to medical research in her field. Her debut novel The Dutch Girl's Lost Letters was inspired by a collection of letters from her late mother, Miriam, who passed away in 2015. These letters sparked a curiosity and imagination that led Diklah to discover the magic of writing.