S.K. Ali


Sajidah "S.K." Ali is a Canadian author, 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.
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Personal life

Ali was born in South India and immigrated to Canada when she was three. The first language she learned in school was French. She wrote her first story in seventh grade.
She has a degree in Creative Writing from York University. Aside from writing, Ali also works as a teacher and has written articles for the Toronto Star. She mentions Judy Blume as one of her biggest inspirations for her writing career. Ali is a practicing Muslim. In January 2017, she created the hashtag #MuslimShelfSpace as a way to shine light on books by other Muslim authors.
She lives with her family in Toronto.
Ali is friends with fellow writers Ausma Zehanat Khan and Uzma Jalaluddin. Khan told an interviewer that they considered themselves the Sisterhood of the Pen, and appreciated comments as they shared early drafts of their work.

Works

Novels

Saints and Misfits Love from A to Z

Picture books

The Proudest Blue, co-authored with Ibtihaj Muhammad, illustrated by Hatem Aly

Short stories

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