Kia Abdullah (Bengali: কেয়া আব্দুল্লাহ; born 17 May 1982) is a British-Asian author and journalist. She has written one novel, Life, Love and Assimilation, published in 2006, and is currently writing her second, Child's Play, due for release 4 December 2009.
Kia Abdullah was born and raised in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. She is of Bangladeshi descent: her parents moved to Britain from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh ...
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Kia Abdullah (Bengali: কেয়া আব্দুল্লাহ; born 17 May 1982) is a British-Asian author and journalist. She has written one novel, Life, Love and Assimilation, published in 2006, and is currently writing her second, Child's Play, due for release 4 December 2009.
Kia Abdullah was born and raised in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. She is of Bangladeshi descent: her parents moved to Britain from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh during the 1970s. Abdullah is the seventh oldest of nine children; one however died shortly after birth in 1974.
Abdullah graduated with a BSc degree in Computer Science from Queen Mary, University of London in 2003. After a stint in information technology, she changed career and opted to become a writer instead.
Abdullah’s first novel, Life, Love and Assimilation, debuted among praise and controversy in equal measures. The Bangladeshi community, including members of Abdullah’s own family, denounced the book due to its no-holds-barred...
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