Nadia Najar

Nadia Najar is an Emirati writer, born in the UAE in 1974. She holds a BA in Computer Science and is an advisory member of the UAE Board on Books for Young People. She has won many UAE awards, including the Sharjah Book Fair Award for Best Emirati Book, the Emirates Novel Award, and the Al Owais Award. Her many published works include the novels The Exile of Memory (2014), Cities of Passion (2015), The D Trilogy (2017), and the short story collection Puzzle Game (2022). She also writes children's and young adult literature and has published ten illustrated books for children.