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Author Visit @ Stonehill
Students are inspired when they meet an author who knows how to ignite their imaginations. They
become more curious to know about the book and want to find out what happens next, which further
encourages them to write.
Young people meeting an author get insights into how successful stories and poems are created. They
get to ask questions, get to know where ideas come from and how characters get a life.
International bestselling and award-winning author Dr Nadia Hashimi visited Stonehill on 1st Oct and had an interactive session with M3, M4 and M5 on the topic "What Every Story Needs: and gave brilliant ideas for writing with useful tips. Some of our D1 students also had a discussion with the author on Identity and Culture.
Author Dr Nadia Hashimi was born and raised in New York and New Jersey, both her parents were born
in Afghanistan and migrated in the early 1970s, before the Soviet invasion. In 2002, Nadia made her first
trip to Afghanistan with her parents. She is a paediatrician and lives with her family in the Washington,
DC. She is also a Democratic Congressional candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district.
Nadia has authored three books for adults and two for young readers titled "One Half from the East & "The Sky at our Feet”.
Other three titles are:
The Pearl that Broke its Shell
When the Moon is Low
House without Windows.
Author Steve Skidmore trained as a teacher of Drama, English, and Film and taught in several schools and colleges before teaming up with author Steve Barlow to become a full-time author. He was selected as one of the top 100 most influential and creative people working in the UK in 2016 in the Hospital Club top 100 awards and one of ten nominations in the publishing and writing section for his work on the groundbreaking NSS (New Star Soccer) G Story App.
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