BIOGRAPHY

Thalia S. A. is a young author and illustrator born in Manchester, England. She loved being read aloud to when she was a baby. She has developed a great passion for reading, apparently even chewing and eating corners of her board books at around six months old.

Growing up in Warwickshire, Thalia is an avid reader and has won many drawing and writing competitions. A dedicated writer, she has garnered recognition, winning multiple awards. To name a few, in 2022, she won the Young Muslim Writers Awards for both Poetry and Short Story categories. The previous year, in 2023, she won the Playscript category. Last year, she was shortlisted for The Muslim News Awards for Excellence in the Imams Hasan and Husayn Children’s Awards category. Recently, she was acknowledged by the Warwickshire Muslims Community Organisation as an Inspirational Child.

Taking advantage of being home-educated from the start of the pandemic, she put those lockdown days to good use by writing her first chapter book, Mermaid Lagoon, which was published when she was 10. This book is available on Amazon and across Warwickshire libraries.  Her book received recognition from the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times and has been placed in the Langkawi Royal Customs Gallery in Malaysia.

Thalia S. A. enjoys doing voice overs with her little brother. She has been recording VO’s for explainer videos, product ads, e-learning projects, narration and many more. In 2022, she completed a voice-over project for the Usborne Foundation.

Moreover, Thalia is deeply passionate about poetry and supports causes such as the recent Poetry Night for Palestine open mic organised by The Islamic Human Rights Commission in January 2024. Her poem entitled "Silent Rebirth" is featured in an anthology by Theatre in the Rough.

She also co-founded a Facebook Page called "Muslim Bookworms" with her mum, inviting Muslim bookworms and authors to join and share books suitable for Muslims, particularly for Muslim children. They aim to raise awareness and inform Muslim parents about books that are not suitable for Muslim children.

In addition, she likes art, cycling, playing squash, swimming and baking with her mum. She hates mathematics but is very grateful to have an engineer father who is a maths genius that makes her feel that maths is like magic!

She is determined to aspire others through her writings, and for her, happiness is a stack of books. Currently pursuing her secondary school at one of the best all-girl state schools in the UK, she wants to explore more in art and literature.

You can follow Thalia's creative journey on her social media accounts, which are managed by her parents.