Magic Has No Borders

About Nafiza AzadNaz KutubOlivia ChadhaSabaa TahirSamira AhmedSangu MandannaSayantani DasGuptaSona CharaipotraTanaz BhathenaTracey Baptiste

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and award winning author of the young adult novels Love Hate & Other Filters Internment Mad Bad & Dangerous to Know and Hollow Fires. She is also the author of the middle grade fantasy duology Amira & Hamza and the Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit comic series. She was born in Bombay India and grew up in Batavia IL in a house that smelled like fried onions garlic and potpourri. She has lived in New York Chicago and Kauai where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She invites you to visit her online at www.samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm. Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce and co-author of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things now a Netflix original series. She earned a masters degree in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist Sona has held editorial roles at People TeenPeople ABCNews.com MSN several parenting publications the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog (RIP) and most recently as senior editor of trends and features at Parents.com. She has contributed to publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She is a former We Need Diverse Books board member and she cofounded CAKE Literary a boutique book packager focused on high concept diverse titles. Find her on the web talking about books Bollywood movies and chai.  Sangu Mandanna was four years old when she was chased by an elephant wrote her first story about it and decided this was what she wanted to do with her life. Seventeen years later she read Frankenstein. It sent her into a writing frenzy that became The Lost Girl a novel about death and love and the tie that binds the two together. Sangu lives in England with her husband and son. Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of the middle grade novels Minecraft: The Crash The Jumbies Rise of the Jumbies and The Jumbie Gods Revenge. A former elementary school teacher Tracey is now on the faculty at Lesley Universitys creative writing MFA program. Raised in Trinidad until she was fifteen she now lives with her family in New Jersey. You can visit her online at www.traceybaptiste.com. Swati Teerdhala is a storyteller at heart. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BS in finance and BA in history she tumbled into the marketing side of the technology industry. Shes passionate about many things including how to make a proper cup of tea the right ratio of curd to crust in a lemon tart and diverse representation in the stories we tell. The Tiger at Midnight is her debut novel. She currently lives in New York City. You can visit her online at www.swatiteerdhala.com.