Zoë Ferraris
Zoë Ferraris | |
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| Born | Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable awards | Alex Award (2009) |
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Zoë Ferraris is an American novelist. She was born in Oklahoma. In 1991 she married a man from Saudi Arabia. She lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with her in-laws for nine months.[1] Her time in Saudi Arabia is the background for the three novels she has written.[2] She has also written a children's novel.
Awards
[edit]In 2009, Ferraris won an Alex Award for Finding Nouf.[3]
Finding Nouf also won the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction category.[4]
Books
[edit]Nayir ash-Sharqi and Katya Hijazi series
[edit]- Finding Nouf (2008) follows main character Nayir ash-Sharqi, a Palestinian guide, as he attempts to solve the murder of a young girl. The girl went missing three days before what was to be her arranged marriage.[5] ISBN 978-0547237787 In the UK the book was published under the title "The night of the Mi'raj". ISBN 978-0349120324
- City of Veils (2010) also features characters Nayir ash-Sharqi and Katya Hijazi, both featured in Finding Nouf. This time they are investigating the murder of a young woman whose body was discovered washed up on a beach. The victim, Leila Nawar, was a film-maker working on a subversive film about the Qur'an's origins. The Guardian critic and crime writer Laura Wilson recommended Ferraris's second novel as one of the best fiction books of 2010.[6] ISBN 9780316074278
- Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel (2012) ISBN 978-0316074247
Other
[edit]- Galaxy Pirates: Hunt for the Pyxis (2015) ISBN 978-0385392167
References
[edit]- ^ "Envisioning herself as a Saudi man". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Zoe Ferraris Raises the Veil: Love and Murder Mysteries in Modern Saudi Arabia". The Huffington Post. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "ALA | 2009 Alex Award winners". Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books» 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Mystery of the Saudi desert". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Justine Jordan. "The best of the fiction year – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
