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Huda Al-Marashi writes for both children and adults. She is the author of the forthcoming middle-grade novel Hail Mariam and a co-author of the Walter Dean Myers Honors award-winning novel Grounded. In addition to her memoir First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story, she has contributed essays and op-eds to various anthologies and news outlets, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, and al Jazeera. She is a fellow and mentor with the Highlights Foundation Muslim Storytellers Program.

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Huda Al-Marashi writes for both children and adults. She is the author of the forthcoming middle-grade novel Hail Mariam and a co-author of the Walter Dean Myers Honors award-winning novel Grounded. Her memoir First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story was described by the Washington Post as "a charming, funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith, family, and the journey to love."

Huda’s other writing has appeared in various anthologies and news outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, and al Jazeera. She has been awarded a Cuyahoga County Creative Workforce Fellowship, an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writer Fellowship, and a Highlights Foundation Muslim Storytellers Fellowship. First Comes Marriage was longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize and a finalist for the Southern California Independent Booksellers’ Award.

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