Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA is a pediatrician, clinical ethicist and award-winning children’s author. Her first book, My Name is Bilal, won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. Her second, The Best Eid Ever, was recognized with a Skipping Stones Honor Award and the Middle East Outreach Council Book Award Honorable Mention. Her third book, A Party in Ramadan, won a Parent’s Choice Award.
Born in the United States and of Pakistani descent, Asma grew up in a small Ohio town where there were few other Muslim families. She began writing to fill a need in the larger community for authentic books about Muslim-American kids. She continued to write to fill a need in herself to share this experience.
Currently, Asma is the director of the ethics consultation service in the hospital in which she works. She also serves on the board of directors of her local mosque. She enjoys hiking, running and spending time with family and friends.
“The characters in good children’s books reach out, take the reader’s hand and pull them into their world. They impress on the reader the humanity of their shared experience. The reader comes to appreciate that we are more alike than we are different and we can understand each other, even though our experiences may vary.”
- Asma Mobin-Uddin
