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.
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]
Zoë Ferraris | |
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Born | Oklahoma, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Notable awards | Alex Award (2009) |
Website | |
www |
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.
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]