Sheba Karim is an American author who writes literature and

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Early life

Sheba Karim was born and raised in

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. She graduated from the

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and received a M.F.A. from the

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Career

Sheba Karim is the author of ''Mariam Sharma Hits the Road'' (HarperCollins June 2018), the first South-Asian American road trip novel, which NPR called "fun, political and the perfect addition to a summer travel bag." Her second novel, ''That Thing We Call a Heart'' (HarperCollins May 2017), was named a Best Contemporary Teen Read of 2017 and a Best Teen Read of 2017 with a Touch of Humor by

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, an Amelia Bloomer Best Feminist Book for Young Readers by the

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, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Her debut novel, ''Skunk Girl'', was one of the first young adult novels to tackle issues of South Asian and Muslim American identity. She has been awarded residences at Hedgebrook, Kimmel Nelson Harding Center for the Arts,

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and

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Bibliography

Books
Mariam Sharma Hits the Road
HarperCollins, June 2018.
''That Thing We Call a Heart''
HarperCollins, May 2017. * Skunk Girl, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, March 2009. * Editor
''Alchemy: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Short Stories 2''
Tranquebar Press, November 2012.

References

External links

Skunk Girl discussed i
Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature by Erin Khuê Ninh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karim, Sheba American writers of young adult literature Living people American writers of Pakistani descent

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Year of birth missing (living people)