Zahra Marwan

Zahra Marwan is the author of Where the Butterflies Fill the Sky , which has received notable acclaim including recognition as one of NPR's Best Books of the Year, the Society of Illustrators' Dilys Evans Founders Award, a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award, and an Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Award. Zahra has also been recognized by the United Nations with an International Minority Artist Award, and by the Society of Children's Book Writers and...See more

Zahra Marwan is the author of Where the Butterflies Fill the Sky , which has received notable acclaim including recognition as one of NPR's Best Books of the Year, the Society of Illustrators' Dilys Evans Founders Award, a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award, and an Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Award. Zahra has also been recognized by the United Nations with an International Minority Artist Award, and by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators with an Out of the Margins Award. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. zahramarwan.com @zahra_marwan See less