Fiza Pathan
My website:
http://www.fizapathan.com/
My blogs:
http://insaneowl.com/
http://fizapathan.blogspot.in/
http://pathanfiza.blogspot.in/
My publishers links:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUVZ3GW
http://www.amazon.com/Fiza-Pathan/e/B0091BCNTU/
Biography:
Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India on 19th of March 1989 to Iqbal and Philomena Pathan. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St Andrews College to pursue her BA degree in History and Sociology and graduated with a first class. She later graduated with a first class from the St Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz as a teacher her special subjects being History and English. She has taught History and English in Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School (ICSE) to the Senior students. Being literary minded from a young age Fiza participated in and won many competitions at College in essay writing and short stories. She was an active contributor to various Christian magazines like 'The Examiner' and 'Vision and Venture'. She has won many scholarships and awards in College in History and Literature as well as in Hindi, the national language of India. She has not only been the Deanery Youth head of her neighbourhood, Bandra parish but also the Diocesan Youth Female Head for the Archdiocese of Mumbai from 2009 to 2010. She lives with her maternal family and writes novels and short stories which includes almost all genres, Religious writings being her forte. She has been 'adopted' by two stray cats who answer to the names of Lopez and Brownie.
Fiza is the author of three books. Her first book ‘S.O.S. Animals And Other Stories’ was written in her college days and published in August 2012. These are stories which reflect the parables of everyday life played out by our friends from the animal kingdom. In the words of Father Joshan who reviewed the book for the Examiner, Mumbai "’SOS Animals and other Stories’ is a beautiful expression of faith through the eyes of a believer, in a manner both different and unique. The language is simple and lucid, yet enticing and appealing at the same time. The book can be used as a veritable resource book
for catechesis and moral development. The stories in this book can also be used as a simple read for daily reflections."
From then on Fiza did not look back. She followed this with a collection of short stories for Christmas ‘Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories’. Were they different from other Christmas Stories? Yes, they were specifically written to attract those children who preferred horror stories and yet needed to get a dose of value based stories. As the synopsis explains: From creepy dark catacombs to a haunted winter wonderland, this treasury brings with it, a mystical side to Christmas and the birth of a legendary baby. Whether deep in a forest of India or back in time in Bethlehem, 'Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories' brings to its readers the holy, the Almighty, the haunted, the obsession, the innocent, the magical and the reason to celebrate.
There is a story behind the making of her third book ‘CLASSICS: Why we should encourage children
to read them’. In middle school Fiza was feeling the difference in the teaching methods adopted by her teachers. She lagged behind in studies until she came across a beautiful classic. From then on Fiza never lacked for friends. Her language skills, creativity, imagination and grades improved so that she cleared her tenth-grade with a distinction. She adopted the very same techniques in college and graduated in Arts with a first class in History and Sociology. She repeated her performance when she was learning to be a teacher. She shares her journey with classics, what classics have done for her and what it can do for you in her latest book. M. Virany reviewing the Kindle version for Amazon said:
“I found this book great fun and motivational to read and think others will too. Fiza Pathan states her case with passion, personality and precision.” “This book is only 90 pages long but can do a lot to rejuvenate not just literacy but humanity also.”
Fiza has her own website http://www.fizapathan.com/and blogs http://insaneowl.com/, http://fizapathan.blogspot.in/ , http://pathanfiza.blogspot.in/ where she shares her stories, reviews and
poetry. She can be followed on Twitter @FizaPathan, and on Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6566200.Fiza_Pathan.
http://www.fizapathan.com/
My blogs:
http://insaneowl.com/
http://fizapathan.blogspot.in/
http://pathanfiza.blogspot.in/
My publishers links:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUVZ3GW
http://www.amazon.com/Fiza-Pathan/e/B0091BCNTU/
Biography:
Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India on 19th of March 1989 to Iqbal and Philomena Pathan. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St Andrews College to pursue her BA degree in History and Sociology and graduated with a first class. She later graduated with a first class from the St Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz as a teacher her special subjects being History and English. She has taught History and English in Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School (ICSE) to the Senior students. Being literary minded from a young age Fiza participated in and won many competitions at College in essay writing and short stories. She was an active contributor to various Christian magazines like 'The Examiner' and 'Vision and Venture'. She has won many scholarships and awards in College in History and Literature as well as in Hindi, the national language of India. She has not only been the Deanery Youth head of her neighbourhood, Bandra parish but also the Diocesan Youth Female Head for the Archdiocese of Mumbai from 2009 to 2010. She lives with her maternal family and writes novels and short stories which includes almost all genres, Religious writings being her forte. She has been 'adopted' by two stray cats who answer to the names of Lopez and Brownie.
Fiza is the author of three books. Her first book ‘S.O.S. Animals And Other Stories’ was written in her college days and published in August 2012. These are stories which reflect the parables of everyday life played out by our friends from the animal kingdom. In the words of Father Joshan who reviewed the book for the Examiner, Mumbai "’SOS Animals and other Stories’ is a beautiful expression of faith through the eyes of a believer, in a manner both different and unique. The language is simple and lucid, yet enticing and appealing at the same time. The book can be used as a veritable resource book
for catechesis and moral development. The stories in this book can also be used as a simple read for daily reflections."
From then on Fiza did not look back. She followed this with a collection of short stories for Christmas ‘Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories’. Were they different from other Christmas Stories? Yes, they were specifically written to attract those children who preferred horror stories and yet needed to get a dose of value based stories. As the synopsis explains: From creepy dark catacombs to a haunted winter wonderland, this treasury brings with it, a mystical side to Christmas and the birth of a legendary baby. Whether deep in a forest of India or back in time in Bethlehem, 'Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories' brings to its readers the holy, the Almighty, the haunted, the obsession, the innocent, the magical and the reason to celebrate.
There is a story behind the making of her third book ‘CLASSICS: Why we should encourage children
to read them’. In middle school Fiza was feeling the difference in the teaching methods adopted by her teachers. She lagged behind in studies until she came across a beautiful classic. From then on Fiza never lacked for friends. Her language skills, creativity, imagination and grades improved so that she cleared her tenth-grade with a distinction. She adopted the very same techniques in college and graduated in Arts with a first class in History and Sociology. She repeated her performance when she was learning to be a teacher. She shares her journey with classics, what classics have done for her and what it can do for you in her latest book. M. Virany reviewing the Kindle version for Amazon said:
“I found this book great fun and motivational to read and think others will too. Fiza Pathan states her case with passion, personality and precision.” “This book is only 90 pages long but can do a lot to rejuvenate not just literacy but humanity also.”
Fiza has her own website http://www.fizapathan.com/and blogs http://insaneowl.com/, http://fizapathan.blogspot.in/ , http://pathanfiza.blogspot.in/ where she shares her stories, reviews and
poetry. She can be followed on Twitter @FizaPathan, and on Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6566200.Fiza_Pathan.