Tamar Adar (Hebrew: תמר אדר; 24 July 1939 – 6 December 2008) was an Israeli writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Adar has written screenplays for several popular Israeli television series and has published tens of popular children's books, as well as various other works. She has been the recipient of the Ministry of Education's Ze'ev Prize for Youth and Child Literature and other awards.