Aisha Saeed (AishaSaeed.com) is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author whose books include her middle grade novels Hafsa’s Way, Omar Rising, and Amal Unbound (a New York Times bestseller and Global Read Aloud). Her picture book Bilal Cooks Daal received an APALA honor, and she also wrote the picture books You and Me, Baby, Zuni and the Memory Jar, and The Together Tree. Aisha is also a founding member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books™. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.