Other groundbreaking books followed: MAYADA, DAUGHTER OF IRAQ ESTER'S CHILD LOVE IN A TORN LAND GROWING UP BIN LADEN (please visit this page to read an in-depth interview with Jean Sasson about 'Growing Up bin Laden'. Please visit this link to read an interview with the author about her book 'Princess'. Later Sasson wrote two sequels (DAUGHTERS AND CIRCLE).

The book was an international bestseller published in 68 different editions (also staying on the NYTIMES bestseller list for 13 weeks). Later Sasson wrote PRINCESS: A TRUE STORY OF LIFE BEHIND THE VEIL IN SAUDI ARABIA, which is the story of a princess in the royal house of al-Sa'ud. When the Kuwaiti Embassy in Washington heard that soldiers sent to free Kuwait did not know why they were there, the Embassy sent 200,000 copies to the region. The book was an instant best-seller, reaching #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. Jean started her writing career in 1991 when she wrote the book, THE RAPE OF KUWAIT. She traveled extensively, visiting 66 countries over the course of 30 years. When given the chance to travel, Sasson accepted a position at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, and lived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 12 years. She also began her book collection at age 15.

An avid reader from an early age, she had read all the books in her school library by the time she was 15 years old. Jean Sasson was born in a small town in Alabama.

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