respond ent ▁for ▁Israel ▁Channel ▁ 1 0 ▁and ▁Middle ▁East ▁Cor respond ent ▁for ▁Jane ' s ▁Def ence ▁Week ly . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁Lin ur ▁started ▁her ▁writing ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁sat ir ical ▁column ist ▁in ▁local ▁newsp apers . ▁Her ▁first ▁full - length ▁novel ▁was ▁The ▁Sir en ' s ▁Song , ▁a ▁best - s elling ▁rom antic ▁comedy ▁set ▁on ▁the ▁background ▁of ▁the ▁Sc ud ▁miss ile ▁attacks ▁on ▁Tel - Av iv ▁during ▁the ▁G ulf ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁a ▁feature - length ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁E yt an ▁Fox . ▁The ▁ ▁title ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁air - raid ▁sir ens ▁which ▁sound ed ▁almost ▁every ▁night ▁during ▁the ▁six ▁weeks ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁an ▁assert ive ▁professional ▁woman ▁who ▁experiences ▁emot ional ▁growth ▁and ▁rom ance . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁critical ▁of ▁Tel ▁Av iv ' s ▁super f icial ▁l ifest yle . ▁ ▁Lin ur ' s ▁ ▁second ▁novel , ▁Two ▁Snow ▁Wh ites , ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁photograph er ▁who ▁finds ▁herself ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁murder ▁case . ▁Sand ler ▁El la , ▁her ▁third ▁novel , ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁gl am orous ▁life ▁of ▁media ▁broad c aster s . ▁Her ▁ ▁fourth ▁novel , ▁The ▁Brown ▁Girls , ▁was ▁adapted ▁as ▁a ▁popular ▁television ▁mini