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Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber is the award-winning author of six books of fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber is the award-winning author of six books of fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Awards

Winner — American Book Award, 2004

Books by Diana Abu-Jaber

  • Birds of Paradise: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Paperback, 2012

    “A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at [Abu-Jaber’s] table.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post
  • Arabian Jazz: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Paperback, 2003

    "This oracular first novel, which unfurls like gossamer [has] characters of a depth seldom found in a debut." —The New Yorker
  • Origin: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Hardback, 2007

    A fingerprint expert's investigation of a series of crib deaths leads her back to the mystery of her own childhood.
  • Birds of Paradise: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Hardback, 2011

    A multilayered, beautifully textured novel about family and self, self-indulgence and generosity, against the vivid backdrop of contemporary Miami.
  • Crescent: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Paperback, 2004

    "Abu-Jaber's voluptuous prose features insights into the Arab American community that are wisely, warmly depicted."—San Francisco Chronicle
  • Origin: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Paperback, 2008

    "Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right—forensically and psychologically." —Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun
  • Life Without a Recipe: A Memoir

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Paperback, 2017

    A “bold, luscious” memoir, “indispensable to anyone trying to forge their own truer path” (Ruth Reichl).
  • Origin: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    E Book, 2008

    "Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right—forensically and psychologically." —Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun
  • Arabian Jazz: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    E Book, 2011

    "This oracular first novel, which unfurls like gossamer [has] characters of a depth seldom found in a debut." —The New Yorker
  • Crescent: A Novel

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    E Book, 2004

    "Abu-Jaber's voluptuous prose features insights into the Arab American community that are wisely, warmly depicted."—San Francisco Chronicle