Missouri County: Boone
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Essays, Journalism, Autobiography/Biography, Leads "Write Your Life" Workshops
Audience: Children/YoungAdult/Adult
Published Works:
Tasting the Sky, a Palestinian Childhood, 2007. Anthologized in the following publications, as well as many others: Shattered, Random House, 2002; The Flag of Children, Simon & Schuster, 2002; Why Do They Hate Me (a reprint from,Children of Israel, Children of Palestine, 1998), Simon & Schuster, 2002; Teaching Powerful Writing: 25 read aloud stories, Scholastic, 2001.
Have any works been translated into other languages? Tasting the Sky has been translated to French, Spanish/Catalan and Dutch so far, and poetry has been translated to Arabic and Spanish.
Awards: Best Non-Fiction Book for YA, International Reading Association, 2007, Arab-American Best Non-Fiction Book for YA, International Reading Association, 2007, Notable Book, American Library Association, 2007, A Book for a Global Society, International Reading Association, 2007, Top 10 Book for 2007, Booklist, Kirkus Review, and School Library Journal, for Tasting the Sky, Qalam Award in Fiction, Arab American Writers Association, 1999; Best Short Story Award, Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books: Children of Israel, Children of Palestine Anthology Contest, 1998; Outsatanding Poetry Award, National Library of Poetry, 1994.
Speaking Engagements:
Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: None
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 89
Columbia, MO. 65205
phone: (573)442-9213
e-mail: i_barakat@yahoo.com or
web: www.ibtisambarakat.com