Arab Fantasy Fiction Prize, 2012
Honoured for a debut fantasy trilogy.
About the author
The story behind the stories.
Jaber Mousa, award-winning author
Jaber grew up reading everything from myths to space operas and wrote a first novel at nineteen. Since then the books have sold millions of copies and found readers in more than thirty languages.
Today Jaber writes from a small studio by the sea, answers readers' letters every Friday and still believes the best story is the next one.
- Copies sold
- 2M+
- Books
- 24
- Awards
- 12
Awards
Bestseller in twelve Arab countries
The Return of the Exile topped the charts from Beirut to Muscat.
Beirut Book Fair bestseller, 2014
Fourteen weeks on the bestseller list.
Arab Science Fiction Award, 2018
Recognised for an outstanding sci-fi series.
Milestones
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1986 – My first book
A small press publishes the first novel.
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1992 – In bookshops across the region
The novels reach bookshops from Beirut to Amman.
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1998 – My first bestseller
A bestseller in Lebanon for the first time.
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1999 – My first award
A first literary award for fantasy fiction.
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2006 – Read around the world
Readers around the world make the series a global hit.