Books By Ruth Knafo Setton - Author

Born in Morocco, Ruth Knafo Setton is the author of The Road to Fez and Zigzag Girl, which is a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Standalone Book of 2026. Zigzag Girl also won Grand Prize in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition and First Place in the Daphne du Maurier Awards. Her TV pilot for Zigzag Girl won First Prize at the LA Crime and Horror Film Festival; her screenplays have been recognized by Austin Film Festival, Sundance, and CineStory. An NEA Fellow, she taught creative writing at Lehigh University and with Semester at Sea.