Abda is a lawyer turned writer born in the U.K. to Pakistani immigrant parents. Her debut novel 'Stained', which delives into the issue of 'honour' abuse, was published in the USA by Harvard Square Editions in 2016. It has been described by Booklist as the 'contemporary Tess of the d'Urbervilles'. Abda’s latest novel Razia (2019) published by Unbound is the story of a lawyer's fight for justice for a modern day slave, Abda was highly commended as a finalist in the Arts & Culture category of the Nat West Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2017. Most recently, she was named British Muslim Woman of the Year 2019.