Shaila Abdullah
Shaila Abdullah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, author, creative designer |
| Known for | Novels and children's books, including Beyond the Cayenne Wall and Saffron Dreams |
Shaila Abdullah (born 1971) is a Pakistani-American novelist, author, and creative designer.
Life
Among the honors Shaila Abdullah has earned are the Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, the Golden Quill Award, the Reader Views Award, the Written Art Award, along with a grant from the Hobson Foundation. Her novel Beyond the Cayenne Wall was recognized with the Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction at the Norumbega Fiction Awards.
Her bibliography features titles such as Saffron Dreams, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, and three children's books: Rani in Search of a Rainbow, My Friend Suhana, and A Manual for Marco. Additionally, she has produced literature focused on special needs topics.
In 2014, research conducted by Washington and Lee University demonstrated that exposure to an excerpt from Saffron Dreams can diminish racist biases. Furthermore, this novel was listed among the 50 Greatest Works of Immigration Literature by Open Education Database.
Works
- Beyond the cayenne wall: collection of short stories, Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2005. ,
- Saffron dreams: a novel, Ann Arbor, MI: Modern History Press, 2010. ,
- My friend Suhana, Ann Arbor, MI: Loving Healing Press, 2014. ,
- A manual for Marco, Ann Arbor, MI: Loving Healing Press, 2015. ,
External links
- If These Walls Could Talk, Nirali Magazine, April 2007