Born in Jerusalem and raised in Brooklyn, Tomer Inbar studied writing at Binghamton University. He received an MA in Classical Japanese Literature from Cornell University and law degrees from New York University. He founded and edited Camellia, an experimental literary journal (1989–97), and his first book of poetry In the World Enormous was published by Station Hill Press in October 2018. Tomer currently lives in Park Slope and works as an attorney at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, representing charities and other nonprofit organizations.