Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi-Irish writer. Her debut novel, The Henna Wars, is listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time, alongside novels such as Little Women, Lord of the Flies, and The Catcher in the Rye. Personal life. Jaigirdar was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, then alternated between living in Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh as a child. At age ten, she and her family immigrated to Tullamore, Ireland; she has lived in the Dublin region ever since.
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