Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is an American journalist, author, and expert on women's entrepreneurship in conflict zones, best known for her New York Times bestsellers including The Dressmaker of Khair Khana (2011), Ashley’s War (2015), and The Daughters of Kobani (2021).[1][2][5] She began her career covering politics for ABC News from 1997 to 2004, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School where she received the Dean's Award for her work on women's entrepreneurship, and has held roles at the Council on Foreign Relations and Shield AI.[1][2][5] Lemmon is a Fulbright Scholar, Robert Bosch Fellow, and board member of organizations like Mercy Corps.[1][5]

non-fiction journalism women's studies national security