A proud Bangladeshi New Yorker, Samiha holds a bachelor's in Earth and Environmental Sciences with a minor in English and is enrolled in UCLA's Editing and Publishing Certificate program. She acquires chapter books, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult fiction across a range of genres.
Note: the romance she acquires is equivalent to what you'd be okay with your family reading. She is NOT open to horror, sci-fi, romantasy, or issue books criticizing a culture or people to appeal to modern audiences.
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Aisha is a British Pakistani with a Bachelor's in Zoology. As an editorial assistant, she is drawn to work for older teens and adults.
She acquires older YA and adult sci-fi, fantasy, and select historical fiction. She prefers to read romance as a subplot (or less) and not as the primary focus. Note: she is NOT open to children's fiction (chapter books, middle grade, or lower YA) or romance.
Aisha loves anything to do with marine animals (and animals overall!) and is a fan of K-Drama.
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Muhammad Asadullah (Asad) is an Indonesian illustrator. He has always loved drawing from a young age because it brings his colorful inner world to the real world.
Asad loves storytelling, and he can now say that becoming a storybook illustrator is one of his dream jobs.
He works closely on book cover design and interior illustrations across all imprints of Shaherazad Shelves per project/as needed.