Welcome. I’m the award-winning author of a series of
crime novels about Palestinian sleuth Omar Yussef. The books have sold
to publishers in 22 countries and earned me the title “the Dashiell
Hammett of Palestine” (L’Express). As a journalist I’ve reported from
the Middle East since 1996. On this site, you’ll find details of my
books, plus videos of the locations from the novels, interviews, and
articles about me. My blog will keep you updated with reviews and
events, as well as my thoughts on Israel and the Palestinians, including
my articles for
Global Post and
The Daily Beast.
My blog also focuses
on writing and I regularly post a feature in which I interview authors
about "The Writing Life" -- it's fascinating to see what they say about
the pleasures and stresses of writing and promoting their books. On the
Photos page, you can download publishable quality images to accompany
reviews and other articles. If you’d like to read some of this in a
language other than English, go to the Foreign Editions page
and click your national flag.
