Aliya Ali-Afzal has a degree in Russian and German from UCL and an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. While working as an Executive MBA Career Coach for business schools in London, one day, she decided to take her own advice and pursue her secret dream of becoming a writer. Her debut novel Would I Lie To You was selected for World Book Night 2022, was a Summer Reads Pick by Penguin Books UK, picked for Summer Must Reads by Adele Parks, a Clare Mackintosh Book Club pick and featured in The New York Post as a ‘fab British export’. It has also been translated into Arabic and published in the UAE in 2023. Aliya’s writing has been longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Mo Siewcharran Prize, and the Primadonna Prize. Aliya is a proud Londoner and is now a full-time writer and a creative writing teacher and mentor. Connect with Aliya on Instagram @aliyaaliafzalauthor and on X @AAAiswriting
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