Sumayya Lee is the author of The Story of Maha (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book – Africa) and Maha, Ever After. She was born in South Africa and has worked as an Islamic Studies teacher, Montessori directress and taught English as a Foreign Language. She now lives, writes and counts the sunny days in London with her husband, two children and their cat. Sumayya loves reading and eating (preferably on a Durban beach) and hates injustice, Islamophobia, misogyny and February in England. For more about Sumayya, visit www.sumayyalee.com.
