Join us on Thursday, May 21 for our monthly meeting and guest speaker.
Uzma Jalaluddin is the author of DETECTIVE AUNTY (2025), featuring Kausar Khan, a South Asian Miss Marple, as well as MUCH ADO ABOUT NADA (2023), a second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, and THREE HOLIDAYS AND A WEDDING (2023), a multi-faith holiday romcom co-written with Marissa Stapley, which was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick.
Her debut novel, AYESHA AT LAST (2019), was a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, Cosmopolitan UK Book of the Year and Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2019. Her second novel, HANA KHAN CARRIES ON (2021) was an instant Canadian bestseller, and named a 2021 Best Romance Novel by the Washington Post. It is currently in development for film by Amazon Studios and Mindy Kaling.
Uzma is a former contributor to The Toronto Star, and has written for The Atlantic. She lives outside Toronto, Canada, with her husband and two sons.
Website: uzmajalaluddin.com