S.K. Ali

Sajidah "S.K." Ali is a Canadian author, best known for her Asian/Pacific American Award-winning debut young adult novel Saints & Misfits, about Janna Yousuf, an Indian-American hijabi who grapples with being sexually assaulted by a friend's cousin from her local mosque.

Biography Sajidah "S.K." Ali was born in South India and immigrated to Canada when she was three. The first language she learned in school was French. She mentions Judy Blume as one of her biggest inspirations for her writing career. In January 2017, she created the hashtag #MuslimShelfSpace as a way to shine light on books by other Muslim authors.

She lives with her family in Toronto.

Nominated

2018 William C. Morris YA Debut Award for Saints and Misfits 2025 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for Fledgling: The Keeper's Records of Revolution

Works Novels Saints and Misfits (Salaam Reads, 2017) Love from A to Z (Salaam Reads, 2019) Misfit in Love (Salaam Reads, 2021) Love From Mecca to Medina (Salaam Reads, 2022)

The Keeper's Records of Revolution Fledgling (Kokila, 2024) Golden Flight (Kokila, 2026)

Picture books The Proudest Blue, co-authored with Ibtihaj Muhammad, illustrated by Hatem Aly (Brown, 2019)

Short stories in Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love (Simon Pulse, 2019) Once Upon An Eid: Stories of Hope of Joy by 15 Muslim Voices, edited with Aisha Saeed, co-authored with various including, G. Willow Thompson, Hena Khan, Rukhsana Khan (Amulet Books, 2020)