Sally Zakariya has been writing for as long as she can remember—poems, short stories, magazine articles, and academic reports. Born in 1942 in Washington, D.C., she followed a predictable word-lover’s path, serving as editor of her high school literary magazine and earning a B.A. in English literature from Swarthmore College. 

But short of writing the Great American Novel, what’s an English major to do? Zakariya opted for graduate courses at George Washington University, then found a career as a magazine writer and editor in the Washington area, writing on a variety of topics, from education to art and architecture, health and nutrition, and personal enrichment. 

She and her husband, calligrapher and artist Mohamed Zakariya, have one son and now live in Arlington, Virginia, with their cats Monty and Tony.