Draft:Hiba Noor Khan

Hiba Noor Khan
Hiba Noor Khan
Alma mater	University of Manchester; University of Oxford;

Hiba Noor Khan is an English author of children's and young adult literature. Her novel Safiyya's War (2023) won the 2024 Jhalak Prize among other accolades.

Early life

Khan is from the north of England. She completed her undergraduate degree in Engineering at the University of Manchester.^[1] She went on to graduate from the University of Oxford in 2015.

Career

Khan worked as a school physics teacher in Lancashire. She assisted in policy research for the 2015 Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life.

In 2019, Khan was commissioned to write an installment of Penguin Random House's Extraordinary Lives series about Malala Yousafzai.

The Little War Cat ^[2]

Andersen Press

Khan reunited with Andersen Press for the release of her second novel The Line They Drew Through Us in 2025.^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

Safiyya's War (2023)
The Line They Drew Through Us (2025)

Picture books

The Little War Cat (2020)
How to Spaghettify Your Dog (2023)

Non-fiction

The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (2019) (part of Extraordinary Lives series)
One Home: Eighteen Stories of Hope from Young Activists (2022)
Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2024	Jhalak Prize	Children's and Young Adult	Safiyyah's War	Won
	Carnegie Medal			Shortlisted
	Indie Book Awards (UK)	Children's Fiction		Won
	Branford Boase Award			Shortlisted
	Kirkus Prize	Middle Grade		Pending

References

^ Javed, Saman (31 August 2023). "Hiba Noor Khan Q&A: 'I want to shed light on the forgotten heroes of the past'". Hyphen. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Writing for children: Hiba Noor Khan". The Asian Writer. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ Fraser, Katie (18 September 2024). "Andersen Press to publish Hiba Noor Khan's 'unforgettable' novel as a super-lead title". The Bookseller. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:English Muslims Category:English people of Pakistani descent Category:English women novelists

[1] Javed, Saman (31 August 2023). "Hiba Noor Khan Q&A: 'I want to shed light on the forgotten heroes of the past'". Hyphen. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[2] "Writing for children: Hiba Noor Khan". The Asian Writer. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[3] Fraser, Katie (18 September 2024). "Andersen Press to publish Hiba Noor Khan's 'unforgettable' novel as a super-lead title". The Bookseller. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

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