Sana Altaf

Author, Story Teller, Journalist, Media Professional

Books

Three things people don’t know about you?

I am a great dancer, I love day dreaming and I love social work

What’s your greatest fear?

Writer's block

What is your greatest achievement?

Contentment

High point of your life?

Many

Low point of your life

Many

Which living person do you most admire?

Anyone who honestly cares about humanity Nil

Who are your favorite authors?

Jean Sasson, Orhan Pamuk

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Mayada, God of Small Things, Snow, For the Love of Son, Kite Runner

Is there a book you love to reread?

The Kite Runner, for its story line

One Superpower you wish you had?

To eradicate hunger from this planet

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

When you miss me, read my stories

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

My childhood in Kashmir

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Get better at writing each day

Which book you wish you had written ?

The Museum of Innocence

When and where do you write ?

At night in my room

Silence or music?

Silence

One phrase that you use most often?

Thankfully

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

There is a story behind every face around you, chase them!

Sana Altaf was born in winter in Kashmir. As she learned to take her first steps and utter her first words; the world around her was changing. She was hardly five- years-old when she first heard the gunshots as she played slide on the snow.

From that day, nothing remained the same. She grew up with blasts, killings, protests, and unending strikes. As she began to gain an understanding of what was happening around her, her heart never felt at ease. She began expressing herself through writing and chose journalism as her career. She also won an award in 2013 for reporting woman issues during the conflict.

Backed with 10 years of journalism experience, she is currently based in United Arab Emirates where she pursues her passion for writing.

Forgotten Tales is her first collection of short stories. It is a collection of short stories about crushed dreams, broken childhood, love and loss. Each story touches a different aspect of peoples’ lives in Kashmir.



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