Sonia Nimr (Arabic: سونيا نمر; born 1955) is a Palestinian writer, storyteller, translator, ethnographer and academic.

She later moved to the United Kingdom to continue her studies, and in 1990, she received her PhD in Oral history from Exeter University.

[1] In her work on folk tales, Nimr tries to "rewrite" the stories for children, as they were originally intended for adults, while "keeping the spirit, the magic.

[7][8] She first received recognition for her 2003 book A Little Piece of Ground, written with Elizabeth Laird, which tells the story of the occupied West Bank as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy.

It won the 2014 Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature for Best Young Adult Book and was included in the 2014 IBBY Honour List.

[11] In 2017, the first instalment of a planned fantasy trilogy for young adults came out, Thunderbird -- a time-travel adventure following Noor and her 16th century friend, Andaleeb, in their effort to reach Jerusalem and save the world.

[citation needed] Nimr lives in Ramallah, and teaches at the Department of Cultural Studies at Birzeit University.