Samiha Hoque

About The Author

Samiha Hoque is a Bangladeshi American environmentalist and author of the picture books A Country of Beautiful People and Brave Is the Tiger. She is a two time Climate Justice Fellow for the Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH), and she holds a B.S. in the Earth and Environmental Sciences with an English minor. Her debut novel, Slums of Paradise, was selected as a She Writes Press STEP winner and explores the intertwining nature of immigration, marriage, and politics. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Samiha now lives with her extremely outdoorsy and romantic husband in Delaware.

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Books by Samiha Hoque

Slums of Paradise

A Novel

By Samiha Hoque

For fans of Pachinko and Half of a Yellow Sun, an intimate debut novel about immigration, marriage, and vengeance politics told through the eyes of four Bengali teenagers in two vastly different time periods.

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