Raz Tal is a writer interested in how relationships shape women, identities, and culture. She is a Columbia University MFA writing candidate and military intelligence unit veteran. Raz is founder of the dating advice column Smart Girl Knows, a weekly newsletter for her subscribers offering hilariously true advice on modern love. Born in Israel, Raz moved to the United States from the age of three to seventeen, when she moved back to serve in the Israeli army and compete in the Miss Israel national beauty pageant. Her writing has appeared in the Rumpus, Betches, Hey Alma, Medium, P.S. I Love You, Forbes Israel, NoCamels, and the Israel Association of Writers in English literary magazine.
