Penulis: Sara Hamdan

Sara Hamdan is the global managing editor of Protocol Labs, an American tech VC. After winning a Netflix short story award, she received the Emirates Literature Foundation Seddiqi First Chapter Writers” Fellowship for her debut novel, What Will People Think? featuring an Arab American, female stand-up comedian. Sara”s novel went on to win a landmark two book deal with Holt and will come out early 2025. A Berkeley and Columbia graduate, Sara has called Dubai home for nearly 20 years. When she”s not typing away at her laptop, she loves to spend time at the beach with her husband and two kids.——–Alex Shaw is the author of three international bestselling thriller series featuring Aidan Snow, Jack Tate, and Sophie Racine, and the standalone, Delta Force Vampire. His writing has also been published in several thriller anthologies. Total Blackout, the first in his Jack Tate series, was Shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing prize – Best Published Novel. Alex is commercially published by HQHarper Collins in English and Luzifer Verlag in German. He is an active member of The International Thriller Writers” organisation and the CWA. Alex, his wife and their two sons divide their time between homes in Kyiv – Ukraine, Sussex – England and Dubai. Follow Alex on twitter: @alexshawhetman or Instagram @ alexshawthrillerwriter or Book Bub @Alex Shaw or find him on Facebook. Alex is represented by Justin Nash of The Kate Nash Literary Agency. @Justin Nash Lit.———Michael writes the historical thriller series, The Isaac Alvarez Mysteries. The third book in the series, The Red Citadel, was published in 2023; the first, Blood Libel, won a prize at the 2020 Emirates Literature Festival. Michael is chair of the Gulf Chapter of the Crime Writers” Association. He”s a member of the Historical Novel Society, for which he regularly reviews. He”s originally from London, but currently lives in Dubai with his family. You can find out more at www.michaellynes.com and follow him on Twitter: @MLynesauthor