
Sadiya Ansari is the bestselling author of In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and my Grandmother's Secret Life (House of Anansi, 2024).
She's also award-winning journalist. Her work — including essays, features, Q&As and book reviews — has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, the Walrus, the Irish Times, and more. Her work focuses on covering communities historically neglected by the media, specializing in reporting on migration — from labour market integration of Syrian refugees in Germany to queer asylum seekers struggling to secure status in Kenya.