Muhammad Khan

Muhammad Khan is an engineer, a secondary-school maths teacher, and a YA author! He takes his inspiration from the children he teaches, as well as his own upbringing as a British-born Pakistani. He lives in South London and has an MA in Creative Writing from St Mary's. His debut novel I Am Thunder was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, won the Branford Boase First Novel Award, the 218 Great Reads Award and a number of regional awards. His second novel, Kick the Moon has been nominated for the 22 Carnegie Medal and he is an official World Book Day Author for 22 with his short novel, Split.