Saman Shamsie

Saman Shamsie is the author of five children’s books: Think of Good Things (OUP UK, 2025), Wali Dad (OUP UK, 2025), Where the Rivers Meet (OUP, 2020), The Magical Woods (OUP, 2014), and The Adventures of Slothful Sloughoff (OUP, 2010). Her story ‘The Heartbeat Tree’ was published in Magic Stories for Eight-Year-Olds (Puffin India, 2011). She was educated at Karachi Grammar School and Allegheny College, USA. In 2013, she earned a master’s degree in education management from King’s College, London. While in London, she was actively involved in the Preston Road Community Library Campaign and was named its Children’s Laureate. In 2016, the library hosted the ‘Saman Shamsie Young Writer’s Challenge’ for children. She also participated in the Alchemy Festival—an art and culture event celebrating South Asia and the UK—at the Southbank Centre in 2016. Saman Shamsie currently teaches at the Junior Section of Karachi Grammar School.