Sonia Nimr, Palestinian author and storyteller, began writing books for children while in an Israeli prison.
While working as an education officer at museums in London she continued to write and translate books.
She has since written 16 children’s books. She first received recognition for Little Piece of Ground, written with Elizabeth Laird. Her Ghaddar the Ghoul and other Palestinian Stories, was a collection of ten magical and humorous tales.
Nimr has written folk stories in colloquial Arabic, and the young adult novel Rihlat Ajeeba Fi Al Bilad Al Ghareeba, which received the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature was included on the IBBY Honour List 2014.