Category Behind the Book

A few years back, I pinned a newspaper article to the corkboard above my desk. It was a short piece on the discovery of the remains of Afghanistan’s first president, forty years after he and eighteen members of his family…

Photographer Gabriela Maj published a stunning collection of photographs from Kabul’s Badam Bagh prison. Her book, Almond Garden, is bleak and colorful. Manca Juvan has photographed Afghan women in prison. Her work is poignant and striking. Human Rights Watch report by relentless attorney and…

Often, I have readers tell me that my story made them want to learn more – it is incredibly rewarding to know that the connection to the characters and their plight extends beyond the final page and into the real…