SONIA HUSSAIN
SONIA HUSSAIN was born in 1991 and grew up in the industrial town of Eskilstuna. She has studied law but always nurtured a dream to write fiction. Sonia currently resides in Berlin, where she works as a global content strategist at Spotify.
Her short story THE BIRD GAME was published in the magazine Faktum in 2022. Hussain’s debut novel, A THOUSAND MILES APART, was published by Bokförlaget Bazar (Bonniers) in January 2024.
A THOUSAND MILES APART, is a heartwarming and accurate depiction of rootlessness and the search for a home to call one’s own. With equal parts humor and melancholy, Sonia Hussain depicts painful gaps between members of an immigrant family — cultural and generational. It is an entertaining and moving story about a father and a daughter in a diaspora. Two people who only have each other but are torn apart by culture clashes and unfulfilled dreams.
Keep an eye out for Sonia Hussain, a Swedish Monica Ali in the making.
Agent Elin Sandström Lundh
WORKS
A THOUSAND MILES APART