Award-winning author Zara West loves all things mysterious, adventurous, and heart-stopping as long as they lead to true love. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Zara West spends winters in New York where the streets hum with life, summers in the Maritimes where the sea meets the shore, and the rest of the year anywhere inspiration for tales of mystery, adventure, and romance is plentiful.

In a life full of misadventures, she has had sunstroke on the top of a Greek mountain, been partially trampled by a herd of four hundred sheep, and while she has never been kidnapped, she has been marooned on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Canadian wilderness for longer than she wants to remember. When not chasing after Greek shepherds or strolling along sand beaches searching for sea glass, Zara tends her organic herb garden, collects hats and cats, and whips up ethnic dishes for friends and family.

A multi-published author who loves mentoring writers, Zara is a published author of both fiction and non-fiction. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, and have received awards from Women on Writing, Stone Thread Publishing, Tryst Literary Magazine, and Winning Writers. Her novels have placed first in the Pages from the Heart, Romance Through the Ages, Coffee Pot Book Club, Book Fest, and I Heart Indie contests, second in the Touch of Love contest and InD’Tale Magazine’s Rone Awards, third in the Emma Merritt, fifth in the Fab5, and long-listed for the Mslexia Award for Fiction.

Giving Back

Violence against anyone is wrong. While my novels are imaginary, there is plenty of real violence in our homes and our communities.

All proceeds from the sale of the Skin Quartet series are donated to the following organization that makes a difference in people’s lives.