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About-the-author, bare bones: S. K. Ali writes the Muslim characters she never saw growing up — Muslim characters living life in color, in all sorts of stories. Insha'Allah.

The official, accoladey 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. Th ...more

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	Love From A to Z 4.15 avg rating — 17,352 ratings — published 2019 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author), Ariana Delawari (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 7,632 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Hatem Aly (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 5,815 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Randa Abdel-Fattah 4.26 avg rating — 3,416 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love by Elsie Chapman (Editor), Caroline Tung Richmond (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sara Farizan 3.71 avg rating — 2,001 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misfit in Love 3.93 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story 4.57 avg rating — 969 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love from Mecca to Medina 4.17 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author), Hatem Aly (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grounded by Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author), S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author), Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 42 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Adam & Zayneb ARE BACK - for Eid!

I'm so excited to share that due to the many reader requests for THE EID GIFT: An Adam and Zayneb Story, a story that's part of the LOVE FROM A TO Z universe, that I shared briefly last year...only to not be able to maintain access to it, my publisher is now hosting it as a FREE read from May 12 on!

Thank you so much for your continued love for LOVE FROM A TO Z. I'm beyond grateful so many of you c Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 06, 2021 01:21 • Tags: adam-and-zayneb, eid, love-from-a-to-z, marvels-and-oddities, the-eid-gift

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S.K. Ali answered a question about Love from Mecca to Medina: How long after Love From A to Z is this set? A very technical answer: this autumn story is set four and half years after Adam and Zayneb first meet during spring break in Love from A to Z; it's three months after the summer events described in the epilogue in Love from A to Z and around six mon See Full Answer
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“Maybe that's what living is--recognizing the marvels and oddities around you.”
― S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

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“Make sure that you make the beginning of whatever you begin beautiful.”
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“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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