Still traveling the world, Jean has made her homebase in Atlanta, Georgia where she is a passionate animal rights and women's rights supporter.
Her work has been featured in People, Vanity Fair,The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The Sunday London Times, The Guardian, CNN, FOX, NBC, and many other news organizations. Jean is also the author of MAYADA, DAUGHTER OF IRAQ, about the prison experiences of an Iraqi journalist praised by Saddam Hussein LOVE IN A TORN LAND: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance which tells the story of a beautiful Kurdish woman GROWING UP BIN LADEN: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us into Their Secret World and FOR THE LOVE OF A SON: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child. Her next three books, PRINCESS, PRINCESS SULTANA'S DAUGHTERS, and PRINCESS SULTANA'S CIRCLE, became international sensations as they were the first books to bring to the western world the shocking stories about life for women in Saudi Arabia.
Shortly thereafter she became a full-time writer. Jean's first book based on her eye witness reporting on the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops was an immediate bestseller. It was also an Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and a Reader's Digest Selection. A New York Times bestseller, PRINCESS was named one of the 500 Great Books by Women since 1300.
You have never read a story like Sultana's, and you will never forget her or her Muslim sisters. THE PRINCESS TRILOGY is the testimony of a woman of indomitable spirit and great courage. As Sultana battles for a life of dignity, she saves other women from servitude. CIRCLE paints a horrifying reality for women of the desert kingdom. The third and last book completes the PRINCESS TRILOGY, called a "Political rallying cry." by Publisher's Weekly. Gripping and personal, DAUGHTERS recounts the lonely battle of a Princess who is attempting to secure freedoms for her daughters.
DAUGHTERS continues the extraordinary story of Princess Sultana. The saga continues with PRINCESS SULTANA'S DAUGHTERS called "Another page turner." by Publishers Weekly. The first book in this nonfiction trilogy describes the true life of Princess Sultana, a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia where she lives in a "gilded cage" with no freedom and no control over her own life. IT ALL BEGAN WITH PRINCESS, called "Absolutely riveting." by People Magazine. For the first time, the New York Times bestselling PRINCESS books are available in one ebook.
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