Author Nadia Mikail is a full-time houseplant owner and a part-time investigative journalist of what London’s pigeons are planning when they flock together like that. She is mostly unsuccessful at (but still hopeful about) both these occupations.

She is from Sarawak in Malaysia, where the air is always sweeter, the food is always tastier, and the pigeons are considerably less bold.

Nadia’s debut YA novel, The Cats We Meet Along the Way was published by Guppy Books. The Cats We Meet Along the Way was awarded the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2023, winning in the Older Reader’s category before taking home the overall prize.