• Regional radio interviews on Pacifica and independent radio
stations.
• National media relations campaign targeting women’s media
including Bitch!, Ms., Curve, make/shift, Women’s Review of Books,
Elixher, Redbook; LGBT media including Lesbian Connections, the
Advocate, Lambda Literary Journal; social justice and Middle
East–oriented media including The Guardian, Middle East Monitor, In
These Times, The Nation, Z Magazine, Counterpunch, Mondoweiss,
+972.
• Reviews and guest posts on mystery-oriented websites including ,
Crime Fiction Lover, and KillZone Blog.
• Guest posts on popular writing blogs including Jane Friedman’s
and the Publisher’s Weekly blog.
• Author events and related publicity in San Francisco and Bay
Area, New York, Boston, Richmond, VA, Seattle, Portland, Los
Angeles.
• Social media targeting those who know about the author’s social
justice activism and prior work.
Kate Raphael is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, feminist, queer activist, and radio journalist who makes her living as a law firm word processor. She lived in Palestine for eighteen months as a member of the International Women's Peace Service. She spent over a month in Israeli prison and was eventually deported because of her activism. She has won a residency at Hedgebrook and been a grand marshal of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade. She produces the weekly radio show Women's Magazine on Pacifica’s KPFA, which is heard throughout Northern and Central California. Her debut Palestine mystery, Murder Under the Bridge, won the 2016 International Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Silver Medal for Mystery.
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Multicultural
Fiction & Mystery
2017 Foreword Indies Bronze Winner in Adult
Fiction—Multicultural
2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult Fiction—Mystery
2018 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Lesbian Mystery
"Raphael draws on her experience as a human rights worker in
Palestine to capture the Occupied Territories’ intertwined grit and
beauty. That, and a cast of thoughtfully developed characters will
appeal to readers interested in complex political situations, such
as fans of Parker Bilal’s Makana mysteries."
—Booklist
"Murder Under the Fig Tree is a beautifully written and layered
novel that takes on the complexities and ambiguities of Palestinian
life; it’s also a damn good mystery that convincingly demonstrates
a crime novel can also be fine literature."
—Michael Nava, author of Lay Your Sleeping Head
Praise for Murder Under the Bridge, Palestine Mystery Series
#1:
“One of the best mysteries I’ve read in a long time . . . Kate
Raphael writes great women characters and does a fantastic job of
portraying the realities of Palestinian life as background to a
gripping story.”
—Starhawk, best-selling author of The Fifth Sacred Thing and The
Spiral Dance
“A stunning mystery novel by a talented new writer. Anyone picking
up the book will be drawn in by Rania and Chloe, a dynamic,
realistic pair of women sleuths. Raphael’s experience in the Middle
East adds convincing detail to this compassionate and suspenseful
tale. An outstanding addition to the global mystery field. More,
please!”
—Sujata Massey, author of The Sleeping Dictionary
“Raphael thoroughly captures the tension of life on the West Bank
by setting a murder in a location marked by daily violence.
Substantial yet humanly flawed female protagonists give depth to
both the mystery . . . and the political and social turmoil of the
region.”
—Library Journal starred review
"I was such a fan of Kate Raphael's gripping and luminous first
novel, Murder Under the Bridge, that I could not wait to get my
hands on Murder Under the Fig Tree. Once again, Raphael has
delivered a powerful, textured, boldly imagined, and brilliantly
executed portrait of Palestine and Israel that is also a wicked
pleasure to read. There are no characters in fiction quite like
Rania and Chloe. Not to be missed!"
—Carolina de Robertis, author of The Invisible Mountain and The
Gods of Tango
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