Writer Identify:

Mimi Nichter

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E-book Title:

Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience

Publication Date:

March 1, 2026

Writer:

Potomac Books (imprint of Univ of Nebraska Press)

What’s your ebook about?

It’s about being held hostage by the hands of Palestinian terrorists in 1970. I used to be coming back from Israel when my aircraft was hijacked by armed members of the Fashionable Entrance for the Liberation of Palestine and redirected to a distant desert area of Jordan. We sat on the aircraft for six days with out air con or operating water. Most passengers had been despatched house, however I used to be stored with thirty-one others in Amman, fearing for our lives as a violent warfare erupted round us. After I returned house, I used to be a distinct individual. Although affected by terrifying recollections, I silenced myself. It’s only lately that I spotted that to totally heal I wanted to discover how this trauma and my silence about it, impacted my life.

What impressed you to jot down your ebook?

I wanted to inform my story to lastly heal from this trauma. Trauma is now a extensively and brazenly mentioned matter–on the time of my hijacking, PTSD was not but a psychological well being idea!

Are you able to describe your writing course of? How did you get your ebook written and the way lengthy did it take?

The writing took 3 years; discovering a writer took 2 years. I wrote by studying over my journals from that point, studying newspapers and magazines which lined the incident, and taking a look at images taken by photojournalists who had been following the story carefully,

What was your publishing course of like? How did you publish your ebook and the way lengthy did it take?

I used to be lucky to get an agent, who shopped the ebook round. I discovered a terrific house for it with Potomac Books, an imprint of the College of Nebraska Press. It was a protracted course of (about 1 12 months by myself, then with an agent). The timing was problematic to be writing about Palestinians after the warfare in Gaza erupted.

How do you hope your ebook impacts the world?

I hope individuals be taught in regards to the occasion–this hijacking was marked the primary incident of worldwide terrorism and stays probably the most important occasions in aviation historical past. Extra importantly, this moment-to-moment account of being a hostage will assist individuals perceive not solely what occurs in that state of affairs, but additionally how one lives with the expertise afterwards.

Are there any individuals and/or books which have impressed you alongside your journey?

Edith Eger’s The Selection, and Suleika Jaouad’s Between Two Kingdoms impressed my journey as did so a lot of my fellow memoirists who I met in courses.

What’s subsequent for you?

The long run is but to be written. Maybe writing about my years as an anthropologist dwelling in India.

What recommendation would you supply fellow authors who’re simply getting began?

Don’t be in a rush to complete. The method has its personal magic and timing and it’s a must to be current and open for the place it takes you.

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