CURRENT WORK

SAMI ​

SAMI is an adult upmarket novel set between Melbourne and Egypt in the aftermath of 9/11. It follows Mona, a Coptic Christian, and Ali, an Egyptian Muslim, whose interfaith marriage has already defied the expectations of both families. When their unborn daughter, Sami, is diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic condition, a second revelation about Mona’s own parentage draws them back to Egypt and into a family history shaped by faith, secrecy and sacrifice.

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SAMI was longlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2025.

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TARIQ'S DAUGHTER

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TARIQ'S DAUGHTER is a literary novel set across Egypt and Australia, exploring the complicated relationship between Mona and her father, Tariq, and the family history she has spent much of her life trying to escape. Moving across generations and between countries, the novel examines migration, faith, family violence and the lasting consequences of silence.

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A stand-alone companion novel to SAMI, TARIQ'S DAUGHTER was longlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2024.

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MY BEAUTIFUL BOY (Work in Progress)

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MY BEAUTIFUL BOY is a psychological thriller set in Australia. The novel follows Danny, a thirty-year-old man, who after the collapse of his marriage sets out in an old Kombi travelling up the east coast and finds himself unknowingly retracing the path of the father who disappeared from his childhood. As the journey draws him closer to his father’s past, Danny begins to question the story his mother has told him about why his father left. MY BEAUTIFUL BOY explores themes of loss, grief, identity and belonging.

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