Kia Abdullah is today's guest on the Northern Crime Syndicate Podcast. Robert Scragg joins A.M. Peacock on hosting duties as they discuss Kia's writing career, her love of travelling and taking risks to get to where you want to be.
Kia Abdullah is an author and travel writer from London. Her novel 'Take it Back' was named one of the best thrillers of the year by the Guardian and the Telegraph and was selected for an industry-first audio serialisation by HarperCollins and the Pigeonhole.
The follow-up 'Truth Be Told' has been short-listed for a Diverse Book Award and her new novel, 'Next of Kin' is the Times Crime Book of the Month September 2021.
Kia has written for theNew York Times, the Guardian, the FT, the Telegraph, the BBC and the Times, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a nonprofit that advocates for diversity in publishing.
You can follow Kia on Twitter at @KiaAbdullah.
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