{{Short description|American author and professor}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | image = | imagesize = 150px | name = Diana Abu-Jaber | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = | birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist, professor at Portland State University | nationality = American | education = State University of New York at Oswego (BA)<br>University of Windsor (MA)<br>Binghamton University (PhD) | period = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.dianaabujaber.com/}} | native_name = ديانا أبو جابر | native_name_lang = ar }} '''Diana Abu-Jaber''' ({{langx|ar|ديانا أبو جابر}}) is an American author and a professor at Portland State University.<ref name=Loomis/>
== Early life and education== Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian{{r|Fuller}} with a Palestinian mother from Jerusalem; Diana's mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots.{{r|Loomis}} At the age of seven, she moved with her family for two years to Jordan.
She received a BA in English and Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Oswego, an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/english/diana-abu-jaber-phd|title=Portland State College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: English Department {{!}} Diana Abu-Jaber, Ph.D.|website=www.pdx.edu|access-date=2019-04-16|archive-date=2019-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416103656/https://www.pdx.edu/english/diana-abu-jaber-phd|url-status=dead}}</ref> She divides her time between Miami, Florida and Portland, Oregon.{{r|Loomis}}
==Career== Abu-Jaber writes about Arab and Arab-American culture and identity, often using the culture of food and food production.{{r|Fuller}}
Her academic appointments include: Visiting Assistant Professor, English, Iowa State University (1990);{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} Assistant Professor, English, University of Oregon (1990–1995);{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} and Writer-in-Residence/Professor, English Department, Portland State University (1996–present).
== Bibliography== {{Library resources box|about=no|by=yes}} ;Fiction * ''Arabian Jazz'' (1993) - Oregon Book Award (1994) * ''Crescent'' (2003) - PEN Center USA Award for Literary Fiction (2004), Twenty Noteworthy Novels of 2003 by ''The Christian Science Monitor'' * ''Origin'' (2007) * ''Birds Of Paradise'' (2011) * ''Fencing with the King'' (2022)
;Nonfiction/memoir * ''The Language of Baklava'' (2005) * ''Life Without a Recipe'' (2016)
;Young Adult fiction * ''Silverworld'' (2020)
;Essays * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080521155007/http://www.theotherwomananthology.com/ The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal] includes "The Lost City of Love"
== References == <references>
<ref name=Loomis> {{cite news | last = Loomis | first = Linda | title = Diana Abu-Jaber to tell Gifford audience how CNY made her a writer | newspaper = Syracuse | date = 4 November 2018 | url = https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/11/gifford_lecture_series.html | access-date = 13 June 2019 }}</ref> <ref name=Fuller> {{cite news | last = Fuller | first = Emily | title = The Meaning Of Food For Award-Winning Author Diana Abu-Jaber | newspaper = OPB News | date = 12 April 2017 | url = https://www.opb.org/television/programs/artbeat/segment/portland-oregon-diana-abu-jaber-food-author/ | access-date = 13 June 2019 }}</ref>
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== External links == {{Wikiquote|Diana Abu-Jaber}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061006032543/http://arabworld.nitle.org/texts.php?module_id=7 "My Elizabeth," a short story by Diana Abu-Jaber] * [https://www.pdx.edu/profile/diana-abu-jaber Portland State Faculty Profile] * [http://www.edrants.com/segundo/diana-abu-jaber-bss-419/ 2011 radio interview] (one hour) at The Bat Segundo Show
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