![]() ![]() She mentions Judy Blume as one of her biggest inspirations for her writing career. Aside from writing, Ali also works as a teacher and has written articles for the Toronto Star. She has a degree in Creative Writing from York University. ![]() She wrote her first story in seventh grade. The first language she learned in school was French. Personal life Īli was born in South India and immigrated to Canada when she was three. Sajidah "S.K." Ali is an Indian-Canadian author of children's books, best known for her Asian/Pacific American Award-winning debut young adult novel Saints & Misfits, about Janna Yousuf, an Indian-American hijabi who grapples with getting sexually assaulted by a friend's cousin from her local mosque. Young adult fiction, middle grade fictionĢ017 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature ![]()
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