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ODD GIRL OUT SHORTLISTED FOR DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS  I’m absolutely thrilled to share that Odd Girl Out has been shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards! It’s such an honour to see the book recognised alongside so many brilliant books and authors. Huge congratulations to...

I am extremely honoured to share that Odd Girl Out was shortlisted for the Teen category at this year’s Redbridge Book Awards, and came second place after the incredible Traumaland by Josh Silver. The day was a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow authors and,...

The 2026 Read for Empathy collection has just dropped and guess whose YA debut has made the cut….    For the past decade, Read for Empathy has been bringing together books that help young people connect with themselves, each other, and the wider world, because...

I’d love you to join me for a special in-conversation event where I’ll be talking about Odd Girl Out and my journey as a writer. We’ll be exploring themes from Odd Girl Out, including identity, friendship, culture, and belonging, as well as my background, how I found...

Author of the Carnegie nominated YA Odd Girl Out, The Thirty Before Thirty List   and  Finding Mr Perfectly Fine www.tasneemabdurrashid.co.uk https://linktr.ee/tasneemabdurrashid

ODD GIRL OUT FEATURED IN VOGUE ARABIA Don’t you just love reading about cities that you’re intimately familiar with? In April, Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, who once wrote the bestselling page-turner Desperate in Dubai under a pseudonym, released her latest book about a...