Shaila Abdullah
Pakistani–American author, writer, and designer (born 1971)
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Shaila Abdullah (born 1971) is a Pakistani-American author, writer, and designer.[1]
Life
Shaila Abdullah has received the Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, the Golden Quill Award, the Reader Views Award, the Written Art Award, and a grant from Hobson Foundation. Beyond the Cayenne Wall received the Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction which is the highest award in the Norumbega Fiction Awards.[2][3]
Her books include 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.[4] She has also written books for children with special needs.[4]
In early 2014, a research team from Washington and Lee University conducted a study in which they found that reading a 3,000-word extract from Saffron Dreams can make a person less racist.[5][6][7] The novel was cited as 1 of 50 Greatest Works of Immigration Literature by Open Education Database.[8]
Works
- Beyond the cayenne wall : collection of short stories, Lincoln, NE : iUniverse, 2005. ISBN 9780595370092, OCLC 69671582[9]
- Saffron dreams : a novel, Ann Arbor, MI : Modern History Press, 2010. ISBN 9781615990252, OCLC 920296670[10]
- My friend Suhana, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press, 2014. ISBN 9781615992119, OCLC 863854490[11]
- A manual for Marco, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press 2015. ISBN 9781615992478, OCLC 886381624[12]