Bushra Rehman

Bushra Rehman is a Pakistani-American novelist best known for her Lambda Literary Award-nominated novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion and short story Corona.

Early life A follower of Islam, Rehman grew up in Corona, Queens close to one of the first Sunni masjids in NYC.

Rehman's novel Roses in the Mouth, is loosely based on her own experience growing up in Corona, Queens in the 1980s and learning more about her own queer identity. Inspired by the strength of the friendships with other girls she had growing up, she set out writing Roses in the Mouth to celebrate those friendships. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the category Bisexual Fiction.