
The
Author
Alia
Yunis’ novel, The Night Counter (Random House) has been critically
acclaimed by the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and several
other publications. It was also chosen as a top summer read by
the Chicago Tribune and Boston Phoenix. The Boston Globe has called
it “wonderfully imaginative...poignant, hilarious.” Alia
was born in Chicago and grew up in the U.S., Greece, and the Middle
East, particularly Beirut during its civil war. She has worked
as a filmmaker and journalist in several cities, especially Los
Angeles. Her fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including
The Robert Olen Butler Best Short Stories collection, and her non-fiction
work includes articles for The Los Angeles Times, Saveur, SportsTravel
Magazine, and Aramco World. She currently teaches film and television
at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
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