Haseefa Hamza always loved stories from a young age, which is also how she got into reading. She believes that it’s mostly because of James Dashner. When Haseefa was thirteen, she read his book The Maze Runner and was captivated by its descriptions. Being so young,...

Writing has always been one of Cassendra Doole’s passions ever since she was a child. “I carried around a notebook, kind of like in The Princess Diaries or in Mary-Kate and Ashley, having my very own Dear Diary moments,” said Cassendra. She was drawn to stories, both...

Kimaya Weerasekera started writing when she was in her early 20s. Words came somewhat easily to her. When I had an idea to put down on paper, it was something that I enjoyed doing. “I didn’t know about the flash-fiction genre until my cousin introduced it to me. I...

“To be a writer, I was mostly inspired by my grandmother. She was a great storyteller. I remember the stories she used to tell me when I was about three years old,” said Kaveesha Weerasinghe. “Every day she would make up stories so that they really expanded my...

Marcia Summers loves learning and growing as a person, always accumulating new knowledge or learning a new skill. At the moment, she’s taking a philosophy course one evening a week in a London college and learning new techniques through an online course related to her...

Neloma Wijesinghe’s mother was a trained English teacher and believed that one had to read the classics to be fluent in language. Hence, Neloma’s very first exposure to reading was the classics and books by Enid Blyton. However, after reading Anne’s House of Dreams,...

Chris Devonshire-Ellis works in the field of foreign investment. However, he has also been a writer for many years. Chris used to write for music magazines and interview jazz and soul musicians, including well-known artists such as Luther Vandross and George Clinton....

As a plastic surgeon, Chandini Perera ran the Burns and Reconstructive Surgical Unit at the national hospital for the last twenty-four years. It is very unusual for a plastic surgeon to concentrate solely on burns, but because the number of patients was so large, she...

Samantha Marie Cecilia de Alwis, going by the pen name “Cece Brown”, kick-started her writing journey during the pandemic. Writing has always been a passion for her since her childhood and school days. However, up until the pandemic, she rarely had enough time on her...

Primani Wijeyesekera has fifteen years of writing experience. She wrote for media, press releases, magazines and newspapers. But they were all quite different from writing a book. However, today she is the author of her debut book, Faith, in the Pit, published by The...

Ramzi Zaindeen is a trainer by profession who mainly works on projects surrounding community development, leadership, entrepreneurship and peace-building. Trained in forum theatre by the British Council, he is also a huge fan of theatre work and does a variety of...

“I like to believe that I’m a very simple person, trying to make a tangible difference in a world that’s urgently in need of it,” said Hesara Punchihewa, author of Playing the Devil's Hand, which was recently published through The Jam Fruit Tree Publications....