Asma Nadia

Asmarani Rosalba, better known by her pen name Asma Nadia, is an Indonesian writer best known for her novels with Islamic themes. Born in Jakarta, she began writing in elementary school, with her first story published during her studies at the Bogor Agricultural Institute in Bogor. She published her first books in 2000, with her short story collection Rembulan di Mata Ibu winning an Adikarya IKAPI Award. Since then, she has published more than 70 books, including the novels Surga yang Tak Dirindukan and Assalamualaikum Beijing!, as well as the anthology The Jilbab Traveller (2012). She is a co-founder of Forum Lingkar Pena, a writers' collective that focuses on Islamic themes, and has established more than a hundred libraries.