Ask the Author: Sabina Khan
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Sabina Khan
Thanks Lisa! The original title was Love, Chai and Confessions. And lol, I wish I could duplicate that drafting process, but that is definitely not happening again.
Sabina Khan
Thanks for your question! I wrote the first draft of TLLORA in 16 days. I was writing 10-11 hours a day and I don't think I can/want to do it that way with another book but who knows. Obviously there have been many rounds of intense revisions since that first draft.
Sabina Khan
Thanks for your question! I was inspired mostly by my daughter who came out to us when she was 16. I was inspired by her courage and the confidence she has in herself. But as an educator who often works with marginalized teens, I also know about many others whose circumstances are drastically different and who don't feel safe to confide in their families. I wrote this story in the hope that they might see themselves in Rukhsana's story and draw strength from it.
Sabina Khan
Thank you so much! I think the most rewarding part of writing this book was knowing that someone like Rukhsana or someone who is in a similar situation will draw hope from her story.
Sabina Khan
Thank you for your question. When I first immigrated to North America, I was hungry for stories about people like me and so I was very inspired by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Khaled Hosseini & Rohinton Mistry. After I began writing I was inspired by Jhumpa Lahiri, Nicola Yoon and J.K. Rowling.
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