Katherine Nouri Hughes is an American writer of Iraqi-Irish descent. Kate was educated at Princeton (MA Near Eastern Studies), has lived in Cairo and traveled extensively in the region. She is the author of The Mapmaker's Daughter, a novel published by Delphinium Books. She’s had careers as a communications executive in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors and currently serves as a trustee of WNET/Thirteen (the PBS flagship station) and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Her two daughters are Caitlin Hughes and Johanna Hunsbedt - who is the mother of beloved Oliver and Audrey. Kate is the widow of Robert Del Tufo who was Attorney General and United States Attorney for New Jersey. She lives in Princeton and New York City
