Ambata Kazi-Nance is a writer and editor born and raised in New Orleans, LA, and currently resides in the California Bay Area with her family.
Her writing has appeared in Sapelo Square, midnight & indigo, CRAFT, Peauxdunque Review, Cordella, Ellipsis, Mixed Company, and Love Insh’Allah. Links to all of her writing can be found here.
She is writing a novel about three young Black Muslims navigating faith, tradition, and the impact of their personal decisions in post-Katrina New Orleans.
When she’s not writing, she can be found checking out more books than she can carry from her local library, imagining herself a flaneuse, fumbling through motherhood, and daydreaming, always daydreaming.
She muses on books, writing, and life on Twitter @ambatakn.