bio
Zoulfa Katouh is the award-winning and bestselling author of the novel AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW. It’s been translated into over twenty-five languages and was a Governor General’s Award finalist and a Yoto Carnegie Medal nominee. Zoulfa holds a degree in pharmacy and a master’s in Drug Sciences. She resides in Switzerland where she lives as a Studio Ghibli protagonist who is surrounded by a never-ending stack of books that keeps growing.
books
THE OCEAN WOULD PAINT ME BLUE
June 2nd, 2026 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
June 4th, 2026 by Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK
AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW
September 13th, 2022 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
September 15th, 2022 by Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK
My picture can be reproduced for promotional purposes.
Both AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW covers were illustrated by David Curtis.
Both THE OCEAN WOULD PAINT ME BLUE covers were illustrated by Jenny Zemanek.
PHOTOS
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