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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Author)
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
is the instant
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of
ACE OF SPADES,
WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE and
FOUR EIDS AND A FUNERAL. She has also written stories for Marvel's
Spider-Verse and BBC's
Doctor Who. In 2024, she was a World Book Day author with her title
THE DOOMSDAY DATE. Faridah is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs, and a graduate from a university in Scotland where she received a BA in English Literature. She also has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London. When she isn't spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney Channel original movies.
Adiba Jaigirdar (Author)
Adiba Jaigirdar is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed and bestselling author of
The Henna Wars, Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating,
A Million to One, and
The Dos and Donuts of Love. A Bangladeshi/Irish writer and former teacher, she has an MA in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent, England and a BA in English and History from UCD, Ireland. She is the winner of the YA book prize 2022, the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2021, and was a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary awards. All of her writing is aided by tea, and a healthy dose of Janelle Monáe and Hayley Kiyoko. When not writing, she is probably ranting about the ills of colonialism, playing video games, or expanding her overflowing lipstick collection. She can be found at adibajaigirdar.com or @adiba_j on Twitter and @dibs_j on Instagram.
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