News

11 Jun

A Map of Home has won the Arab American Book Award for best fiction of 2008. Woo hoo! The ceremony will take place in November at the Natioanl Arab American Museum in Dearborn. Other winners include Naomi Shihab Nye and Suheir Hammad. We’re gonna para map of home.inddty!

Also, my german book tour is shaping up for September to coincide with the German edition of the novel. I’ll post details soon.

And last, the Penguin paperback is now available to preorder. Check out the snazzy new cover!

3 Responses to “News”

  1. Casey June 13, 2009 at 4:19 pm #

    Congratulations! It’s a great story — glad you’re getting props for it.

  2. YASMINE June 16, 2009 at 11:58 am #

    wow.amazing talent.

  3. Emma August 8, 2009 at 5:19 pm #

    yay for her not having hijab and religious garb! :D

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