Other Writing
Other Writing
Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning writer, speaker, cancer survivor and author of the forthcoming memoir Between Two Kingdoms. She wrote the acclaimed New York Times column “Life, Interrupted” and is the subject of the accompanying video series, which chronicled her journey with leukemia throughout her twenties.
Coming February 2021
“This is a deeply moving and passionate work of art, quite unlike anything I’ve ever read. I will remember these stories for years to come, because Suleika Jaouad has imprinted them upon my heart.”
“A phenomenal debut...This is a stunning memoir, well-crafted and hard to put down.”
“When the life we had is snatched away, how do we find the conviction to live another? Between Two Kingdoms will resonate with anyone who is living a different life than they planned to live. This is a propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude—and an intimate portrait of one woman’s sojourn in the wilderness between life and death.”
“A masterpiece that upends the expected structure of memoirs about illness to show us what happens after the body recovers, the courage and creativity necessary to forge a transformed selfhood. Suleika Jaouad’s sentences are as urgent and beautiful as the story they comprise. Between Two Kingdoms is a stunning debut by a powerful new voice and required reading for every kind of survivor.”
NYT Column
NYT Column
“In this fierce, funny, wisdom-packed talk, Suleika Jaouad challenges us to think beyond the divide between “sick” and “well,” asking: How do you begin again and find meaning after life is interrupted?”
Book Suleika as a Speaker
A sought after speaker and teacher, Suleika hosts creative writing workshops and has inspired audiences everywhere from the main stage of TED, the United Nations and Capitol Hill to a maximum security prison and a three-room schoolhouse in rural Montana. She served on Barack Obama's Presidential Cancer Panel, and sits on the national advisory board of The Bone Marrow and Cancer Foundation and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Arts & Letters Committee. Her keynote addresses focus on themes of resilience, reinvention, health, and creativity as a tool to make sense of life’s interruptions. Book her as a speaker for your next event.
About
About
The Isolation Journals
The Isolation Journals, created by Suleika, is a global movement cultivating community and creativity during hard times. We are in an unprecedented moment. This is one small way to stay grounded and hopeful to transform our isolation to connection. Each Sunday morning, we delivered a thoughtfully curated journal prompt.