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Marzieh Abbas

Marzieh Abbas

Marzieh is a baker turned award-winning author. She loves adding magic to her creations– whether that’s a seven-layered rainbow cake or the books she writes for children all over the world. Her work is inspired by her Pakistani culture and Muslim heritage. 

Marzieh enjoys learning new skills, jumping rope, sipping chai, and observing nature. Marzieh dreams of owning a talking parrot someday. But until then, she lives in Pakistan with her husband and children who inspire her daily. 

Marzieh is a member of Julie Hedlund’s 12×12 Picture Book Challenge, and a graduate of the Lyrical Language Lab and Children’s Book Academy. She occasionally writes under the name: Marzieh A. Ali. You can find out more about her on her website: www.marziehabbas.com

My Books
  • A DUPATTA IS…  (Feiwel & Friends, 2023)
  • HENNA IS… (Feiwel & Friends, 2024)
  • NADIA AND NADIR (ABDO Books, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • AWE-SAMOSAS! (Clarion, 2024)
  • A RAMADAN TO REMEMBER (Soaring Kite Books, 2024)
  • YASMEEN LARI, GREEN ARCHITECT (Clarion, 2024)
  • EXCITED FOR EID (Little Bee Books, 2024)
  • FRIDAY FUN  (Little Bee Books, 2024)
  • THE CAMEL LIBRARY (Feiwel & Friends, 2025)
  • AARZU ALL AROUND (Salaam Reads, 2025)

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Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 at kelli@juliehedlund.com.

Subject line of the email:

  1. 12 x 12 Financial Need Scholarship
 

Please include the following in the body of the email:

  1. An autobiographical statement and career summary in 250 words or fewer.
  2. A short statement describing the nature of the financial need/circumstances in 250 words or fewer.
  3. A sample query letter for the manuscript you are submitting with your application.
  4. Pitches for two additional completed picture books.
 

 Attached to the email:

  1.  The full text of one picture book manuscript, attached as a Word document named as FIN_YourFirstName_YourLastName_Title_of_Manuscript.doc (or docx).