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Please write more books in the Saudi series....it is amazing. Want to see where that story goes.....love the two characters. Any plans?

Zoë Ferraris Thank you so much! I have just finished a fourth book in the series and will let everyone know here on Goodreads, and on my blog/social media, when to expect the next book. I am very excited about it. Thank you so much for asking about the series and for your comments!

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So enjoyed previous titles and now Kingdom of strangers. I hope there is another in the series ? I sense that you have a lot to say about Saudi society. Maria C. Hernandez Iowa City, IA

Zoë Ferraris Maria, I am currently caught up in finishing my first children's book series, The Hunt for the Pyxis, which launches next month. I will be sure to post a notification if another Saudi mystery comes out. Thanks so much for asking!

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Zoe, are there any other authors you'd recommend who write novels that are honest about the Middle East (i.e. good/bad, weaknesses/strengths, not stereotypes, etc.)? Most books that take place in the ME have western reviewers (who have little/no experience with the Arab/Muslim world) and so often the books they love, I can't stand. Thanks!

Zoë Ferraris Well shoot, there are tons of books and authors out there who do a really good job of showing the complicated, messy, hugely diverse world of the Middle East. We could talk about this for a while. I think of Anastasia Hobbet's "Small Kingdoms" and Keija Parssinen's "The Ruins of Us." I mention them because they're excellent and a wee bit overlooked, imo. My go-to books by Middle Eastern authors are "Cities of Salt" by Abdulrahman Munif, and "The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa al-Aswany -- both not as popular as, say, Naguib Mahfouz (who I also enjoyed), but they are just as gripping. Also consider Matt Rees's Omar Yussef mysteries....

Is there anything in particular you're longing to read? Mysteries, historical novels, literary fiction? What books can't you stand? (Just curious. :-)))

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