Kia Abdullah

Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back , a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told , which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin , which won the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award, and was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Those People Next Door was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month pick, and Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club. Kia has written for The New York Times , the...See more

Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back , a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told , which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin , which won the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award, and was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Those People Next Door was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month pick, and Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club. Kia has written for The New York Times , the Guardian , the Financial Times , The Times and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors. For more information about Kia and her writing, visit her website at kiaabdullah.com, or follow her at @KiaAbdullah on Instagram and X. See less