Linda Delgado, known by many as Widad, is a Muslim revert, the mother of three and grandmother of eight. She is a graduate of the University of Phoenix and a retired Sergeant of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Widad is the owner-publisher of Muslim Writers Publishing: www.MuslimWritersPublishing.com The Association of Muslim Women in America, Inc. (AMWA) selected Widad to receive the 2005 Excellence in Media, Literary Arts award based on her work as the English Language Islamic Fiction author of the children's book series, Islamic Rose Books: The Visitors, Hijab-Ez Friends, Stories, and Saying Goodbye at www.widad-lld.com Widad’s reversion story can be read at IslamOnline.net She is the founder of Islamic Writers Alliance at www.islamicwritersalliance.net

Mariam Akabor is the author of the Islamic Fiction book Flat 9, published by umSinsi Press, South Africa. Maryam is a postgraduate in English and Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. She edits the Dancing Pencils creative writing magazine and is the Mentor coordinator of the Dancing Pencils Literacy Development Project.

Najiyah Diana Helwani is a teacher and freelance writer whose published credits include poetry and magazine and newspaper articles. Sophia's Journey: Time Warp 1857 is the first book in a planned historical fiction series and her first published Islamic fiction novel. Raised on the windswept prairies of Kansas, Najiyah's love of her American roots blends beautifully with her Islamic faith, and she strives to show people that the two are not mutually exclusive. Najiyah currently teaches English in Damascus, Syria, where she lives with her husband and six children. When she is in the USA she conducts workshops on Islam and the history of USA relations with the Middle East. www.MuslimWritersPublishing.com

Jamilah Kolocotronis is the author of the Echoes Series: Echoes, Rebounding, Turbulence, and Ripples (2008) (Older Teen/Adult) Jamilah is an American Muslim, married, and the mother of six sons. She has a doctorate in Social Science Education and has worked as a teacher in several Islamic schools in Northeastern USA. Her published books include Islamic Jihad, a nonfiction work about the principles and practices of military jihad, and Innocent People, a novel exploring the lives of American Muslims after 9/11. Visit Jamilah’s website at http://jamilahkolocotronis.writerswebpages.com

Umm Juwayriyah, also known as Veiled Writer, is a born and raised Muslim woman in her early twenties. She has been writing and performing Islamic inspired poetry and fiction for a number of years. She is the former assistant director and website creator for the Islamic Writers Alliance and currently the editor for the New England Muslim Sisters' Association. Veiled Writer’s new ELIF book, Ending with Patience is expected to be released in early 2008, and insha Allah will be listed at www.MuslimWriterspublishing.com.

Nazaahah A. Amin is an aspiring artist/writer/designer. Her most important roles are being a dutiful servant to the Almighty, a grateful wife, and a devoted mother. Art, like writing has always been her lifelong passion. In 1997, Nazaahah published her first book, Let's Practice Our Deen: A Handbook for Young Muslim Women. In 2006, she wrote and published a children's book entitled, Jannah's Story. Nazaahah received a degree in Graphic Design from Morgan State University in 2003. In 2006, she started her graphic design business, Ama Designs. She currently teaches at the Islamic Community School in Baltimore, Maryland. She resides in Baltimore with her husband and their young son.

Leila Abouzeid is a Moroccan author. She is a pioneer among her Moroccan contemporaries in that she writes in Arabic rather than in French and is the first Moroccan woman writer of literature to be translated into English. She was born in 1950. Author of: Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Abouzeid

Samina Ali is an Indian-American author. Her debut novel was Madras on Rainy Days. Samina Ali was born in Hyderabad, India and emigrated with her parents to America when she was six months old. Growing up, she spent half of each year in India, where she also attended school. In 1993, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a B.A. in English. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Oregon. In 2005, Madras on Rainy Days was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was also a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in fiction. Currently she lives in San Francisco with her son and is working on her second novel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samina_Ali

Leila Aboulela grew up in Khartoum, Sudan. She graduated from Khartoum University in 1985 and was awarded her Masters degree from the University of London. She lived in Dubai and Aberdeen where she stayed with her family and published most of her works. Currently she lives in Indonesia. She was awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000 for her short story “The Museum” and her novel Translator was nominated for the Orange Prize in 2002. She also authored Coloured Lights and MINARET.

Rafik Schami author of A Hand Full of Stars. Born in Damascus, Syria, 23 June 1946, son of a baker from an Arab-Christian (originally Aramaic) family. Schooling and university (diploma in chemistry) in Damascus. From 1965 wrote stories in Arabic. 1964-70 co-founder and editor of the wall news-sheet Al-Muntalak (The Starting-Point) in the old quarter of the city. In 1971 moved to Heidelberg and financed further studies by typical guest-worker jobs (factories, building sites, restaurants); began to learn German. Doctorate in Chemistry 1979. Began career in chemical industry. 1980 co-founder of the literary group Südwind and of the PoLiKunst movement. Full time author from 1982. Schami lives in Kirchheimbolanden with his Bavarian wife and son. He holds dual citizenship. Schami's books have been translated into 20 languages.

Dr. Eric Winkel, author of Damascus Steel and Islam and the Living Law, Mysteries of Purity, and numerous other publications on Islam. Fulbright scholar and international lecturer, Dr. Winkel knows the many sides of the Muslim world and the fanaticism unleashed by men like Osama Bin Ladin. As a Sufi scholar, and a fan of Travis McGee novels, he has written a spellbinding, authentically detailed novel of revenge and reconciliation that resonates with timeless spiritual concerns. The publisher is CAR&D, New Mexico. www.Amazon.com

Achmat Dangor (born 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African writer. His most important works include the novels Kafka's Curse (1997) and Bitter Fruit (2001), but he is also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella and a short-story collection. He is the winner of many literary prizes, including the South African Bosman prize for Kafka's Curse. Dangor is also an active development professional and has headed up various non-governmental organizations in South Africa, including the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. He is currently Director of Advocacy & Communications at the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) and lives in Geneva, Switzerland with his wife, Audrey, and young son Zakary.

Freda Crane and Sarah Conover are the authors of Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs Locations: www.noorart.com, the ewupress@ewu.edu or www.Amazon.com

Freda Crane is an educator who has worked to develop Islamic curriculum on three continents. She has an MA in curriculum from the University of California, Berkeley, and an EdD from the University of Cincinnati. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the Curriculum Developer for an educational foundation.

Sarah Conover has a BA in Religious Studies and an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. She lives in Spokane, Washington.

Maryam Mahmoodian author of Muslim Teens In: Pitfalls and Pranks. Maryam Mahmoodian is a Muslim-American, born and raised in the US with an Iranian father and an American mother. She currently works as a family physician in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she lives with her husband. www.MuslimWritersPublishing.com

Irving Karchmar author of Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, has been a writer, editor and publisher for many years, and a darvish of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order since 1992. He is a member of the Islamic Writers Alliance and also authors the popular blog Darvish. http://darvish.wordpress.com. He resides near New York City, where he is currently at work on his second novel, a sequel entitled Tale of the Jinn. http://www.masterofthejinn.com Reading levels: teen and adult.

Umm Zakiyyah, author of A Voice, If I Should Speak, and Footsteps. Umm Zakiyyah was born in 1975 in Long Island, New York to parents who converted from Christianity to Islam shortly after they married. She graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was named amongst Who’s Who for her academic and leadership achievements. A respected and accomplished essayist and poet, her work has been featured in Kola Magazine, The Indianapolis Recorder, and numerous collegiate publications. She has appeared on radio shows and has served as keynote speaker and guest lecturer in the US and Canada. She currently teaches Language Arts and Social Studies to middle school students and is named amongst Who's Who in America. http://www.al-walaa.com/

Javed Mohammed author of Walk To Freedom. Javed Mohammed is a writer-producer based in Silicon Valley, California. He is the author of several books including Riding the Roller Coaster and Islam 101, both a book and audio documentary, and Gems of Wisdom Heart of Gold. He is a Marketing Executive and a former host and producer of a cable-TV news program. http://islamicbookstore.com/b9339.html

Rukhsana Khan author of Muslim Child and also Dahling, If You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile –Teen. Rukhsana Khan is an award winning author and storyteller. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada, with her family at the age of three. She grew up in the small town of Dundas, Ontario. Rukhsana began by writing for community magazines and went on to write songs and stories for the Adam's World children's videos. She currently has seven books published and others under contract. Rukhsana is a member of SCBWI, The Writers Union of Canada, CANSCAIP, and the Storytelling School of Toronto. She tells tales of India, Persia, the Middle East, as well as her own stories. She has four children: three girls and a boy. Two of her daughters are married and she has one granddaughter. She lives in Toronto with her husband and family. http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/

Yahiya Emerick author of Ahmad Deen and the Curse of the Aztec Warrior, Finders Keepers and Other Stories, The Seafaring Beggar and Other Tales, Ahmad Deen and the Jinn at Shaolin, Layla Deen and the Case of the Ramadan Rogue, and Isabella: A Girl of Muslim Spain. Brother Emerick is also the author of several non-fiction Islamic text books: What Islam Is All About and Learning About Islam. http://islamicbookstore.com/b2145.html and www.Astrolabe.com

Hassan Radwan author of Rashid and the Haupman Diamond and Rashid and the Missing Body. http://islamicbookstore.com/b6426.html Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. (UK) also Islamic Foundation UK

Uthman Hutchinson author of the Amana Reading Series and Invincible Abdullah Series www.IslamicBookstore.com American Family Series (Child level)

Dr. Muhammad Abdo Yamani. author of A Boy from Makkah. Publisher: Iqra' Book Center, Pages: 150 Binding: Hardback; http://islamicbookstore.com/b7247.html

Reshma Baig author of The Memory of Hands. Publisher: International Books & Tapes Supply; IBTS (NY) Pages: 206 Binding: Paperback. An excellent collection of short stories centering on the lives of Muslims in urban America as well as on the immigrant Muslim experience (Teen/Adult level)

Juwairiah Simpson author of The Jinn in the Clock and The Four Daughters of Yusuf the Dairy Farmer, A fast-paced drama for teens. http://islamicbookstore.com/b2125.html

Abdulrazak Gurnah author of Paradise.

Rayda Jacobs author of Sachs Street, Confessions of a Gambler, Postcards from South Africa, The Slave Book, and Eyes of the Sky.

Shireen Ahmed author of The Good Luck House.

Qasim Najar author of The Army of Lions.

Karen English author of Nadia's Hands.

Fawzia Gilani-Williams is a prolific author of 22 children’s books including : Ismat’s Eid, Aminah and Aisha’s Eid Gifts, Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with Ama Fatima, Eid Kareem Ameer Saab! Many of the author’s books are available at www.IslamicBookstore.com and www.Amazon.com. Fawzia was born and raised in Walsall, England. She has worked as a teacher for 15 years in public and privates schools in the UK and USA. She currently works at the Adult and Teen Department of Oberlin Public Library.  Education: Bachelor of Education, MPhil, and studying for a PhD in Children’s Literature at the University of Worcester, UK.

Aziz Hassim author of The Lotus People.

Nazia Peer author of House of Peace.

Safi Abdia author of A Mighty Collision of Two Worlds.

Waleed A Maktari author of Heaven Without Stars.

Farah Zaman author of The Treasure at Bayan Bluffs.

Dr. Mohsen El-Guindy author of Man From the East, (Canada – at ISB).

H. Edward Schmidt author of The Circle : Terror and Triumph in the Holy Land.

Dr. Kaukab Siddique author of Man’s Twin.

Imraan Coovadia author of The Green-Eyed Thieves.

Samira Hingoro author of A Marriage Proposal (youth reading series).

Maimoonah Gori author of The Gravedigger.

Zakia Hyder I AM AN AMERICAN, TOO. Reading level: Ages 9-12 http://www.amazon.com/AM-AMERICAN-TOO-Zakia-Hyder/

Karen Lynn William and Khadra Mohammad, authors of Four Feet, Two Sandals, Reading level: Ages 4-8
Karen Lynn Williams has written several books about the difficult lives of children around the world, including Galimoto (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), Tap-Tap (Clarion), and Circles of Hope (Eerdmans). Karen has lived in Haiti and Malawi, but now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Khadra Mohammed is the executive director of the Pittsburgh Refugee Center and has worked with refugees in the United States and abroad for more than twenty years. Khadra lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Gauher Chaudhry, author of Hamza The Muslim Boy series; Hamza's First Fast and Hamza Learns Wudu. http://www.hamzathemuslimboy.com/books.html

Acorn & Berry book series, by Sajda Nazlee. Al-Hidaayah Publishing, www.al-hidaayah.co.uk 2 books published thus far, and 6 additional books scheduled for publishing in 2008. The series is a set of exciting and inspiring stories featuring the two brothers Luqman and Usamah. The brothers attempt to solve many fascinating mysteries in their journey to become better Muslims. Modern-day settings. Child-Youth reading level. http://www.onlineislamicstore.com/b9678.html

Corey Habbas, author of The Runaway Scarf. An African slave, oppressed by the non-Muslim Arabs in Makkah, finds compassion and freedom once she escapes to the first Muslim community established by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the city of Madinah.. Children-Youth color illustrated 52 page book. www.MuslimWritersPublishing.com

Na'ima B. Robert author of From Somalia, with Love, a teen novel. Na'ima B Robert is 'Muslim, Black, mixed-race, Southern African, Western and woman all in one'. Descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father's side and the Zulu people on her mother's side, she was born in Leeds and grew up in Zimbabwe. She went on to gain a first-class degree from the University of London. Having worked in marketing, the performing arts, teaching and the travel and tourism industry, she now has a wonderful time being a mum, writing children's books and running SISTERS magazine. http://www.somalialove.com

Selma Cook's book Buried Treasure, Teen novel: Book Review at http://writers.oneummah.net/content/view/538/12/

Umm Aamina's book A School Girl's Hero, Children ages 7-11 years old will identify with Anum has she tries to imagine who she aspires to be like when she grows up. You can locate this book at: http://islamicbookstore.com/b9479.html