S.K. Ali

About-the-author, bare bones: S. K. Ali writes the Muslim characters in stories she never saw growing up.The official version: S. K. Ali is the NYT bestselling and award-winning author of several books. Her debut novel, Saints and Misfits was the winner of the 2018 APALA Honor award, the 2017 Middle East Book Honor Award, and a 2018 William C. Morris Award finalist. Her widely acclaimed second novel, LOVE FROM A TO Z, a story about finding love in the time of Islamophobia, was an Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Young Adult Book of 2019 and a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist . It was also the first teen novel chosen for NBC Today Show's Read with Jenna Book Club. The sequel to Saints and Misfits, Misfit in Love, was a People magazine best book of summer 2021. Her newest YA novel, LOVE FROM MECCA TO MEDINA, released in fall 2022. She is currently working on more YA, as well as an adult romance. Sajidah also has a picture book series co-authored with Team USA Olympic Medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad, which starts with the New York Times bestselling THE PROUDEST BLUE, followed by THE KINDEST RED. Her Middle Grade novels include the critically acclaimed anthology ONCE UPON AN EID co-edited with Aisha Saeed, and the multi-perspective GROUNDED, co-authored with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Huda Al-Marashi and Aisha Saeed. She lives in Toronto with her family, which includes a very vocal cat named Yeti. Find her on twitter at on instagram at , on TikTok at , and on her website at