Cathy Sultan

Cathy Sultan is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War; Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides; and Tragedy in South Lebanon. A Beirut Heart was translated into Chinese in 2013 and is currently undergoing translation into German. The Syrian, a political thriller, was her first work of fiction, followed by Damascus Street. An Ambassador to Syra is the third of a quartet of novels about the disastrous Syrian conflict. Sultan is also...See more

Cathy Sultan is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War; Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides; and Tragedy in South Lebanon. A Beirut Heart was translated into Chinese in 2013 and is currently undergoing translation into German. The Syrian, a political thriller, was her first work of fiction, followed by Damascus Street. An Ambassador to Syra is the third of a quartet of novels about the disastrous Syrian conflict. Sultan is also a peace activist who served on the board of Interfaith Peace Builders (now Eyewitness Palestine), an NGO based in Washington, D.C. She took her first trip to Israel/Palestine in March 2002 and subsequently co-led five delegations there on behalf of IFPB, including one to Gaza in 2012. Sultan won USA's Best Book of the Year Award in 2006 for her Autobiography A Beirut Heart; USA's Best Book of the Year Award in 2006 in the category of History/Politics for Israeli and Palestinian Voices; 2006 Midwest Book Awards-Honorable Mention in the Category of Political Science for Israeli and Palestinian Voices. Tragedy in South Lebanon was nominated for Best Book of the Year in the Category of Political Science in 2008 and Damascus Street was a finalist for both the Eric Hoffer Award and the Montaigne Medal Award for its salient writing. As well as writing thrillers, CATHY SULTAN is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War, Israeli & Palestinian Voices, and Tragedy in South Lebanon. See less