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UZMA JALALUDDIN

Uzma Jalaluddin is the author of AYESHA AT LAST, a revamped Pride and Prejudice set in a close-knit Toronto Muslim community.

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Uzma Jalaluddin

Apr 22 2021

TORONTO STAR: Diss romance all you like — ‘I choose to write happy, funny stories as a light against the darkness’

I write romance novels.

That’s not what I set out to do when I first put fingers to keyboard. I wasn’t thinking about genre at all. All I knew was that I wanted to write funny, joyful books about characters I had rarely seen represented on the page; characters who looked like me, and who would bring a different perspective to the traditional love story.

I write romantic comedies so that I can see my stories represented in the world.

“Hana Khan Carries On,” my second novel, just coming out, is a romantic comedy inspired by the 1995 movie “You’ve Got Mail.” 

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