Fiza Pathan
Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India on 19th of March 1989 to Iqbal and Philomena Pathan. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St Andrews College to pursue her B.A. degree in History and Sociology and graduated with a first class. A trained teacher, she graduated with a first class from the St Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz, her special subjects being History and English. She has taught History and...See more
Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India on 19th of March 1989 to Iqbal and Philomena Pathan. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St Andrews College to pursue her B.A. degree in History and Sociology and graduated with a first class. A trained teacher, she graduated with a first class from the St Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz, her special subjects being History and English. She has taught History and English in Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School (ICSE) to the Senior students. Being literary minded from a young age Fiza participated in and won many competitions at College in essay writing and short stories. She was an active contributor to various Christian magazines like 'The Examiner' and 'Vision and Venture'. She has won many scholarships and awards in College in History and Literature as well as in Hindi, the national language of India. She has not only been the Deanery Youth head of her neighbourhood Bandra parish, but also the Diocesan Youth Female Head for the Archdiocese of Mumbai from 2009 to 2010. She has written nine award-winning books: S.O.S. Animals and Other Stories, Treasury of Bizarre Christmas Stories, Classics: Why we should encourage children to read them, Nirmala: The Mud Blossom, So This Is Love - Collected Poems, Classics: How we can encourage children to read them, The Flame Will Always Burn - Selected Poems, Amina: The Silent One, Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues, and "Flesh of Flesh" (Short Story). Her books have placed in many prestigious international competitions, among them: Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, Reader Views Literary Awards, Mom's Choice Award, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree, Beverly Hills International Book Awards, Eric Hoffer Book Award, Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (Finalist), Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Finalist), etc. She lives now with her maternal family and writes novels and short stories which includes almost all genres. She has been 'adopted' by two stray cats who answer to the names of Lopez and Ayn Rand. You may follow her on her web page http: //... and subscribe to her blog http: //insaneowl.wordpress.com/feed/ See less