About Fatima Farheen Mirza
American writer, Fatima Farheen Mirza is famous for being the author of the book entitled "A Place For Us" which was published by Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint, SJP for Hogarth on 12th June 2018 which was the debut novel of Fatima. The book becomes a New York Times bestseller list. The novel focuses on an Indian-Muslim family living in Northern California, striving to find a balance between tradition and modernity. The book involved a family with three children Hadia, Huda, and estranged son Amar, children of Rafiq and Layla. She is also famous for the wife of the British actor Riz Ahmed.
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The New York Times best-selling author, Fatima Farheen Mirza is a huge supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and she was also named "National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35". The book was featured as one of the best books of 2018 by NPR, Refinery29, and The Washington Post. Before the book, Fatima Farheen Mirza also published two essays titled "Boxing" published in Granta magazine in June 2019, and skittles published in "The Good Immigrants" in February 2019. She is active on the Instagram account "@ffmira" where she has accumulated over 26.1K followers. Moreover, she has earned almost 6k followers on Twitter.
Early Life and Family
Fatima Farheen Mirza was born in April 1991 to an Indian-American family under the birth sign of Aries. She belongs to a mixed ethnic background. However, she was born and brought up in Bay Area, California, the United States; it makes her nationality of American. She turned 30 years old after celebrating her birthday in April of 2021. By religion, she is Muslim and her race is White.
Fatima Farheen Mirza's parent's name is unknown at present whereas it is only known that her father hailed from Hyderabad, India and her mother belonged to a British-Indian family. According to the source of Instagram, she has a brother.
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Moreover, Fatima Farheen Mirza attended the University of California-Riverside and earned her BA degree from there. She has also earned an M.F.A. degree from the Lowa writer Workshop. Previously, she was a pre-med student who later switched majors to pursue a career in creative writing.
Fatima Farheen Mirza Married Life
Fatima Farheen Mirza is a married woman. She secretly married her husband, Riz Ahmed who is a British actor and rapper by profession. Riz Ahmed is professionally known as Riz MC. Their wedding took place in January 2021. The couple met while preparing for his movie "The Sound of Metal" in New York. Concerning her sexual orientation, she is straight.
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Fatima Farheen Mirza Net Worth
Fatima Farheen Mirza has an estimated net worth of around $200 thousand. Her major source of wealth comes from professional career novelists. Whereas her salary is still a mystery as she has not mentioned her career earnings to the media.
How tall is Fatima Farheen Mirza?
The Indian-American author is blessed with a light brown complexion, dark brown hair, a beautiful face, and black eye color. She stands tall at a height of around 5 feet 6 inches or 1.67m whereas her body weight 53Kg or 116 lbs. She has a slim body build.