Shaila Abdullah
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link[9]
- Saffron dreams : a novel, Ann Arbor, MI : Modern History Press, 2010. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link[10]
- My friend Suhana, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press, 2014. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link[11]
- A manual for Marco, Ann Arbor, MI : Loving Healing Press 2015. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link[12]
References
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External links
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- If These Walls Could Talk, Nirali Magazine, April 2007