- Source: Shaila Abdullah
Shaila Abdullah (born 1971) is a Pakistani-American author, writer, and designer.
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.
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. She has also written books for children with special needs.
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. The novel was cited as 1 of 50 Greatest Works of Immigration Literature by Open Education Database.
Works
Beyond the cayenne wall : collection of short stories, Lincoln, NE : iUniverse, 2005. ISBN 9780595370092, OCLC 69671582
Saffron dreams : a novel, Ann Arbor, MI : Modern History Press, 2010. ISBN 9781615990252, OCLC 920296670
My friend Suhana, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press, 2014. ISBN 9781615992119, OCLC 863854490
A manual for Marco, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press 2015. ISBN 9781615992478, OCLC 886381624
References
External links
Official website
If These Walls Could Talk, Nirali Magazine, April 2007
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- List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks
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