Ayesha is a northerner who has lived in London half her life; a children’s writer who writes for adults too; a British Indian who grew up in a Yorkshire village.
Her work has won or been placed in a number of competitions supported by, amongst others, Bloomsbury and Faber.
Never one to avoid life’s banana skins, the farcical experience of missing her own competition winning ‘golden moment’ prompted her to start blogging as The Invisible Author.
A lawyer in a previous incarnation, she escaped city life and found writing. Her experience chairing the award-winning Akram Khan Company, resident at Sadler’s Wells, hooked her on storytelling in all its rich variety through dance, film and the visual arts.
She’s passionate about sharing books, and has started a reading for pleasure ‘Book Explorer’ initiative in primary school libraries.
She also supports social justice and literacy projects through her work with Doorstep Library and Home-Start.
Ayesha is represented by Philippa Milnes-Smith of The Soho Agency.