Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi-Irish writer born in Dhaka who moved between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh as a child before her family immigrated to Tullamore, Ireland, when she was ten; she has lived in the Dublin area since.

She holds a BA in English and history from University College Dublin and an MA in postcolonial studies from the University of Kent, and is queer and Muslim. Her debut, The Henna Wars, follows a Bangladeshi teenager coming out as a lesbian in Dublin and was named to Time's list of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time.

She has since written Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating and other young adult novels.