Arab American author who lost book deal sues publisher for $13.4 million

June 22nd, 20192 Natasha Tynes, a Jordanian American author who lost a book deal after shaming a Black train worker for eating on a train, has sued her publisher for $13.4 million, claiming their condemnation led her to have "suicidal thoughts" and receive death threats. Tynes filed a lawsuit against publisher Rare Bird Lit in a Los Angeles court on...

Jordanian American author and immigrant writes murder mystery novel

April 12th, 20190 ROCKVILLE, MD — “They Called Me Wyatt”, coming out in June from California Coldblood Books, is a murder mystery set in Jordan and the United States that deals with issues of immigration, race and the need for belonging in a new land. “I originally wrote it as a short story," said author and journalist Natasha Tynes. "I shared...