Author

Leila Rasheed

Leila Rasheed’s first novel for children, 'Chips, Beans and Limousines' was published in 2008 and followed by two sequels which were widely translated. Since then she has written a wide variety of children’s and YA literature, including the 'At Somerton' trilogy for Disney Hyperion, and biographies of Kamala Harris and Katherine Johnson. Her most recent novel is 'Empire’s End: A Roman Story' (Scholastic), which follows the adventures of a North African girl during the late Roman Empire. In 2015 she set up a pioneering scheme to mentor new children’s writers of colour, called Megaphone, now Megaphone Writers CIC.