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Kulthum Asha is a romance and mystery writer and an ELCA-certified screenwriter, eager to clarify that her Yoruba roots run deep despite her possibly misleading name. Originally born in Lagos, Nigeria, she moved to Mauritius for her bachelor’s degree before heading to the U.S. for graduate school. She holds a bachelor’s in Social Sciences from The African Leadership College (which technically makes her a social scientist), and a master’s in Marketing Intelligence, where she also cried her way through learning to code.

Kulthum is passionate about writing stories with African women as leads, dedicating her works to those who aspire to be unapologetically badass, successful, and pined over. When she’s not writing, she’s likely consuming an unhealthy amount of historical C-dramas and Maltesers or offering unsolicited reviews of her favorite books and shows on her social media: @ashakulthum and blog: @readsweetgist.