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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...

Still pinching myself after my visit to Hornsey School for Girls last Friday - my old secondary school and the place where so much of who I am began. Honestly, teenage me would never have believed that one day I’d be invited back as an author. She’d assume I was lost...

I’m absolutely thrilled to share that my debut YA novel, Odd Girl Out, has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026! The Carnegies are among the most prestigious awards in children’s and young adult literature, celebrating outstanding writing that...

I'm so excited to share that Odd Girl Out has won the Strange Incorporated Best Fiction Title Award 2025!   Strange Inc.'s mission is to empower the voices of Muslim women and was born out of a burning passion to uplift and celebrate the creativity and diversity of...

I’m absolutely THRILLED to share that The Thirty Before Thirty List has been longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards!!!! This recognition means the world to me. I’ve followed these awards for ages, and I’ve always been inspired by how @thediversebookawards champion...