| First edition | |
| Author | Jennifer Steil |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction novel |
| Published | July 28, 2015 |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 400 pp. |
| ISBN | 0385539029 |
| Preceded by | The Woman Who Fell From The Sky |
The Ambassador's Wife is a 2015 novel by American author Jennifer Steil about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East. [1] [2] The story was inspired by the author's personal experiences as the wife of the British Ambassador to Yemen.
The book received the 2013 Best Novel award in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. [3]
On August 18, 2015, the Mark Gordon Company announced that Anne Hathaway would star in a limited TV series adaptation of the novel.