Joyce Zonana is an award-win­ning writer and lit­er­ary trans­la­tor, born in Cairo, Egypt, and liv­ing in New York. Her mem­oir, Dream Homes: From Cairo to Kat­ri­na, An Exile’s Jour­ney, recounts her own expe­ri­ence grow­ing up as an immi­grant in New York City. A Land Like You is her third translation.