Zulaikha to Her Daughter
My short story, “Zulaika to Her Daughter,” inspired by Zulaikha’s love for Yusuf (the Biblical Joseph), was published in Mint Lounge. Read it here. The story will be coming out in “Venus Fly Trap,” the Zubaan anthology of erotica by women edited by Rosalyn D’Mello, forthcoming in April 2012.
Love Like That and Other Stories
My story, “Love Like That,” is the title story of a new young adult love-themed anthology by Penguin India, Love Like That and Other Stories. The anthology also features well-known Indian authors Jerry Pinto, Rupa Gulab, Ira Trivedi and Milan Vohra, among others. The book releases January 20th, 2012.
Lit Erotica
I’m editing the second anthology of South Asian literary erotica from Tranquebar Press, India. Read the call for submissions here – spread the word!
Cornered
Just completed a short story for Cornered, a young adult anthology about bullying, to be published by Perseus Books in July 2012. It’s going to feature work by some great authors, including David Yoo, Jamie Adoff and Jennifer Brown.
South Asian Review
I have short story in the latest issue of the South Asian Review. This year the theme of their annual creative writing issue is Pakistani Creative Writing in English: Tracing the Tradition and includes work by Shaila Abdullah, Salman Ahmed of Junoon fame, Mohsin Hamid, H.M. Naqvi, Tahira Naqvi and many others.
Skunk Girl
My first book is a young adult novel about the trials and tribulations of Nina Khan, a Pakistani-American girl growing up in upstate New York. The first question people often ask me is “Is it autobiographical?” Although the book was inspired by my own experiences and those of my desi girlfriends, the book is fiction. In fact, the only scene that actually happened to me (with some artistic license taken, of course) was edited out, but you can read it here.
You can buy the book on Amazon here (North America), as well as in Denmark (where the book title has been translated as Nina Khan: 16 Years Old and Fur!), India, Italy and Sweden.
Header photo by Abeer Hoque.
