Zoë Ferraris
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]
Books
- 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.[3] 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.[4] ISBN 9780316074278
- Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel (2012) ISBN 978-0316074247
Awards
In 2009, Ferraris won an Alex Award for Finding Nouf.[5]
Finding Nouf also won the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction category.[6]
References
- ^ "Envisioning herself as a Saudi man". latimes. 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.
- ^ "Mystery of the Saudi desert". latimes. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Justine Jordan. "The best of the fiction year – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alex09.cfm
- ^ "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books» 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
