Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, and bestselling author. She writes across young adult, middle grade, and adult fiction and non-fiction. Her seminal works include ***The Henna Wars***, which was selected as one of Time Magazine’s best YA books of all time, and ***Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating***, which was the winner of the YA Book Prize. She has been featured in Buzzfeed, Autostraddle, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and The Guardian. When not writing, she is probably drinking many cups of tea, playing video games, or expanding her overflowing lipstick collection.

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