Aisha Saeed (AishaSaeed.com) also wrote the picture books Zuni and the Memory Jar, Bilal Cooks Daal, and The Together Tree, and her novels include the New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Omar Rising, Hafsa’s Way, and Written in the Stars. As one of the founding members of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books, she is helping change the conversation about representation in literature. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.