Fencing with the king by diana abu jaber6/27/2023 Her first novel, Arabian Jazz won the Oregon Book award for Literary Fiction and was a finalist for the PEN Hemingway Award. Her second novel, Crescent, won the PEN Center Award for Literary fiction and the American Book Award. Her novel, Origin was named one of the best books of the year by the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post. It was also named one of the top books of the year by National Public Radio, the Washington Post, and the Oregonian. Her novel, Birds Of Paradise, won the 2012 Arab-American National Book Award. Her young-adult novel, Silverworld, a fantasy with an Arab-American girl at its heart, was published last spring from Crown Books / Random House. Her family moved to Jordan a few times throughout her childhood, and elements of both her American and Jordanian experiences, as well as cross-cultural issues, especially culinary reflections, appear in her work.ĭiana Abu-Jaber’s culinary memoir, Life Without A Recipe, has been described as “a book of love, death, and cake.” Ruth Reichl calls it “bold and luscious” and “indispensable to anyone trying to forge their own truer path.” Called "outstanding" by the Washington Post, Diana's latest work, Fencing With the King, a novel of Middle Eastern intrigue and adventure, was featured by Apple books,, and The Millions as one of this spring’s most-anticipated novels.ĭiana was born in Syracuse, New York to an American mother and a Jordanian father.
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