Kia Abdullah

Kia Abdullah (17 May 1982) is a British-Bangladeshi author and journalist. She contributed to the guardian.co.uk website Comment is Free from 2008 to 2010 and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation (Adlibbed, 2006) and Child's Play (Revenge Ink, 2009). Kia Abdullah wrote her first novel Life, Love and Assimilation after graduating from Queen Mary, University of London with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. The novel debuted among praise and controversy in equal measures. The Bangladeshi community, including members of Abdullah’s own family, denounced the book due to its no-holds-barred description of the drugs problem in Tower Hamlets along with the inclusion of several sexually graphic scenes. Despite the...