nSaadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author, essayist and interfaith activist. She writes the childrens early reader series Yasmin published by Capstone and other books for children, including middle grade novels A Place At The Table (HMH/Clarion 2020) co-written with Laura Shovan, and A Thousand Questions (Harper Collins 2020). She resides in Houston with her husband and children.n