Shafinaaz Hassim is an multi award-winning author and sociologist based in Johannesburg. Her more than fifteen titles have received international and local acclaim. In 2014, she was listed by UNESCO as one of the top 39 writers in Africa under the age of 40.
Her novels have been commended by the SALA and NIHSS awards and the UJ Prize for Creative Writing.
She is also the author of the four-book Nisa Qamar series for young adults, which has been shortlisted twice for the Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Awards and the prestigious Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2019.
Her novel Darlings of Durban received noteworthy accolade.
Kimya Writes is her latest book.
Hassim presents a popular book review show called BookBytes, show-casing cutting edge writing from local and international authors.
