Samira Ahmed is the bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Hollow Fires, and the Amira & Hamza middle-grade duology, as well as a Ms. Marvel comic book mini-series. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including the New York Times, Take the Mic, Color Outside the Lines, Vampires Never Get Old and A Universe of Wishes. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, spices, and potpourri. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Samira has taught high school English in both the suburbs of Chicago and New York City, worked in education non-profits, and spent time on the road for political campaigns.
'With pin-sharp attention to the complexities of grief, anger, and hope, Samira Ahmed gives us a main character who connects us with our own hearts and a story that connects us with our power to change our world' * Anna-Marie McLemore, author of National Book Award nominee SELF-MADE BOYS * Ring with truth and hope * Joanna Ho, bestselling author of THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US * '[Ahmed] employs high stakes, increasing tensions, romantic near-misses, and adult hypocrisy to powerful effect' * Publisher's Weekly, starred review * 'Blazes with searing honesty and unflinching emotional truth' * Becky Albertalli * 'A relevant, powerful, tender story of what it takes to resist, of what it means to rise' * Renée Watson * '[Ahmed] employs high stakes, increasing tensions, romantic near-misses, and adult hypocrisy to powerful effect' * Publisher's Weekly, starred review * 'Blazes with searing honesty and unflinching emotional truth' * Becky Albertalli *