Jennifer Steil books

Jennifer Steil is an American memoirist and novelist known for her memoir The Woman Who Fell from the Sky about editing a newspaper in Yemen, and novels including The Ambassador's Wife and Exile Music.

Anthologies

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Healing Visions 2023 Buy

Jennifer Steil Non-Fiction

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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist In Yemen 2010 Buy

Non-Fiction

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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist In Yemen 2010 Buy

Standalone Novels

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The Ambassador’s Wife 2015 Buy
Exile Music 2020 Buy

Jennifer Steil is an American author who has spent much of her adult life abroad. In 2006 she moved to Yemen to become editor-in-chief of the Yemen Observer, an experience she chronicled in her memoir The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (2010). The book received praise from The New York Times, Newsweek, and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Her first novel, The Ambassador’s Wife (2015), drew on her own experiences living overseas and won the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for Best Novel. Her second novel, Exile Music (2020), tells the story of Jewish musicians who flee Vienna in 1939 and find refuge in the Bolivian Andes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Jennifer Steil written?

Jennifer Steil has written five books across four series.

What was Jennifer Steil's first book?

Jennifer Steil’s first book is The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist In Yemen, published in 2010.

What awards has Jennifer Steil won for her writing?

Her novel The Ambassador’s Wife won the 2013 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Best Novel award. Her memoir The Woman Who Fell from the Sky was named a best travel book of the year by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and received Elle magazine’s Readers’ Prize.

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