ABOUT EMAN
Eman Quotah is the author of The Night Is Not For You (Run For It/Orbit US and Wildfire/Orbit UK, 2025) and Bride of the Sea (Tin House, 2021), winner of the Arab American Book Award for Fiction. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, Literary Hub, and other publications. She’s been awarded fellowships from MacDowell and Hedgebrook and grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
When she’s not writing fiction or essays, Eman is a communications consultant. She’s also the secretary of the board for RAWI, which represents writers of Southwest Asian and North African heritage. She lives with her family near Washington, D.C.
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