Kia Abdullah

Kia Abdullah
Author Kia Abdullah
Abdullah in 2019
Born (1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)
London, England
OccupationNovelist, writer
LanguageEnglish
Bengali
Alma materQueen Mary University of London (BSc)
GenreFiction, crime, thriller
Years active2006–present
Notable worksTake It Back
Website
kiaabdullah.com

Kia Abdullah (born 17 May 1982) is a British novelist and travel writer. She is the best-selling author of courtroom dramas Take It Back (HarperCollins, 2019),[1][2] Truth Be Told (HarperCollins, 2020),[3] Next of Kin (HarperCollins, 2021)[4] and Those People Next Door (HarperCollins, 2023).[5] She has written for The New York Times,[6] The Guardian,[7] The Times,[8] The Financial Times,[9] The Telegraph [10] and the BBC,[11] among other publications.[12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ Take It Back. ASIN 0008314675.
  2. ^ "Author to donate profits of pre-orders of her novel to food bank". The Northern Echo. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ Truth Be Told on Amazon. ASIN 0008314721.
  4. ^ Abdullah, Kia (2 September 2021). Next of Kin: the brand new gripping and shocking legal thriller that you won't want to miss in 2021!. ASIN 0008433631.
  5. ^ Abdullah, Kia (19 January 2023). Those People Next Door: a twisty and page-turning courtroom drama and suspenseful legal thriller to keep you up at night in 2023!. HQ. ISBN 978-0-00-843368-0.
  6. ^ Abdullah, Kia (15 September 2017). "Childless in a Houseful of Children". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Kia Abdullah". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  8. ^ Dowle, Jayne. "Moving to the big city: For some buyers, living in the countryside isn't all it's cracked up to be". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Fantasy home: an escape to nature inspired by Anne of Green Gables". propertylistings.ft.com. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Why I agreed to marry a man I'd met only once". The Telegraph. 16 August 2019.
  11. ^ "CBBC - Snaps, Series 1, Listen, Dad". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  12. ^ "It is possible to be a secular Muslim". inews.co.uk. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My Parents Can't Read". Literary Hub. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  14. ^ "What I needed as a working-class writer | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Crime by Committee: 8 Novels Featuring Group Misdeeds". CrimeReads. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.