Growing up in a small town, Sasson found adventure between the pages of books. Her strong desire to uproot herself from her rural surroundings led her to jump at the opportunity to work and travel abroad. In 1978 she traveled toSaudi Arabia to work in theKing Faisal Specialist Hospital inRiyadh as an administrative coordinator of medical affairs.,[2] where she met Peter Sasson, her future husband. They married in 1982 and Sasson left the hospital after four years of service, but the couple remained in Saudi Arabia until 1990.
Though thePrincess Sultana series is presented as an account of a real Saudi princess, external commentators have argued that the princess does not really exist. Former United States ambassador to Saudi ArabiaJames Akins and writerJack Shaheen pointed out what they described as factual inaccuracies and implausibilities in the books. Akins stated that Saudis have not attempted to discern the identity of the princess because they consider the stories to be fictional.[4]
