Books

In addition to the titles below, Zora has been writing guidebooks since 2002. She currently updates books for Lonely Planet (most recently Greece and Spain), and she wrote older editions for Moon (New Mexico; Santa Fe; Amsterdam) and Rough Guides (Mexico; Yucatan & Chiapas).

All Strangers Are Kin

Thrilling confessions. Many gifts. Why learning Arabic can sometimes feel like such a hopeless task, and why it’s worth it.

Winner of the 2017 SATW Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book
More here.

Yes, you can do it!

How to Throw a Dinner Party

…Without Having a Nervous Breakdown

Certainly the only book on entertaining to use the phrase “like potluck, but for your ass.” First released in paperback by Gotham Books as Forking Fantastic! Put the Party Back in Dinner Party. More at forkingfantastic.com.

Cover of The Art of Language book

The Art of Language

A kind of adult coloring book with context, and so much fun to put together. Learn 26 ways of writing, with a sample proverb to practice yourself. Featuring a favorite Arabic proverb: “Choose your traveling companion before your route.” More at bookshop.org.

Our Morocco

Zora has an essay in this collection that is a partial update/correction to an anecdote in All Strangers Are Kin (whoa, memory is weird). All proceeds benefit the Morocco Library Project. More at amazon.com.