Moniza Hossain
@monizahossain.bsky.social
Writes books for kids, repped by Triada US
RITU IN THE SUN (Random House Children’s, 2026)
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT (Little Bee Books, 2025)
THE FEAR FACTORY (Holiday House, 2026)
monizahossain.com
RITU IN THE SUN (Random House Children’s, 2026)
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT (Little Bee Books, 2025)
THE FEAR FACTORY (Holiday House, 2026)
monizahossain.com
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I have been waiting for this moment for SO LONG. Friends, are you ready for my first ever cover reveal 😭😭🥰❤️??Working on this book with Haikal has been such a dream come true. I cannot wait for all of you to read it! Pre-order link in bio!
It’s October first which means it’s officially the month I become a published author!
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s October first which means it’s officially the month I become a published author!
Friends, one of my biggest dreams is for my book to be in as many public libraries as possible. If you’ve got some time today, I’d be so grateful if you would request the book at your local library! It’s received glowing reviews from booklist and Kirkus, and is absolutely adorable:
September 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Friends, one of my biggest dreams is for my book to be in as many public libraries as possible. If you’ve got some time today, I’d be so grateful if you would request the book at your local library! It’s received glowing reviews from booklist and Kirkus, and is absolutely adorable:
I went on holiday and got a tan, and my mom is so stressed about it. Meanwhile my sun-bronzed skin has turned a rich, vibrant shade that is by all objective standards a beautiful way to look. I’ve brought the sun back with me to England. My holiday is inscribed on my skin
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I went on holiday and got a tan, and my mom is so stressed about it. Meanwhile my sun-bronzed skin has turned a rich, vibrant shade that is by all objective standards a beautiful way to look. I’ve brought the sun back with me to England. My holiday is inscribed on my skin
I got my first ever Kirkus review! Kirkus loves street puppy masjid cat 🥹
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT | Kirkus Reviews
A sweetly spoiled cat and a pup living on the streets form an unlikely bond through the neighborhood mosque’s call to prayer.
www.kirkusreviews.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I got my first ever Kirkus review! Kirkus loves street puppy masjid cat 🥹
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
🐾B&N pre-order sale!🐾
Street Puppy Masjid Cat is 25 percent off on Barnes and Noble! You have to be a premium member to be eligible, but membership is free. Once you sign up use pre-order code PREORDER25
If you were thinking of getting the book, this is the perfect time!
Street Puppy Masjid Cat is 25 percent off on Barnes and Noble! You have to be a premium member to be eligible, but membership is free. Once you sign up use pre-order code PREORDER25
If you were thinking of getting the book, this is the perfect time!
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🐾B&N pre-order sale!🐾
Street Puppy Masjid Cat is 25 percent off on Barnes and Noble! You have to be a premium member to be eligible, but membership is free. Once you sign up use pre-order code PREORDER25
If you were thinking of getting the book, this is the perfect time!
Street Puppy Masjid Cat is 25 percent off on Barnes and Noble! You have to be a premium member to be eligible, but membership is free. Once you sign up use pre-order code PREORDER25
If you were thinking of getting the book, this is the perfect time!
I’m writing a vampire YA romance right now and I’ve just realised that if you look at it from the right angle, consent is built into the concept of vampires. You have to choose to let the vampire in
April 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m writing a vampire YA romance right now and I’ve just realised that if you look at it from the right angle, consent is built into the concept of vampires. You have to choose to let the vampire in
Me telling people to read the book that made me cry so hard I was actually clinically dehydrated
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Me telling people to read the book that made me cry so hard I was actually clinically dehydrated
I wonder if readers realise how much of writing is just writers realising they used the word jolt three times in two paragraphs, and then looking for jolt equivalents that are just as evocative
April 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wonder if readers realise how much of writing is just writers realising they used the word jolt three times in two paragraphs, and then looking for jolt equivalents that are just as evocative
I think the single worst part about writing a novel with romance in it is sharing it with my writing friends. I feel so embarrassed every single time!
April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think the single worst part about writing a novel with romance in it is sharing it with my writing friends. I feel so embarrassed every single time!
So annoyed about the fact that the flowers I would like to have picturesquely blooming in my novel only bloom in early spring, and not late august when the story is set
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So annoyed about the fact that the flowers I would like to have picturesquely blooming in my novel only bloom in early spring, and not late august when the story is set
Absolutely exhausting have to deal with this on top of everything else
Incidentally, since almost all the physical books from major publishers in the US are printed in China, that probably just increased the price by 50%, which massively lowers sales and means publishers will do much smaller print runs.
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Absolutely exhausting have to deal with this on top of everything else
It’s so insane that meta just flat out stole 7.5 million books in broad daylight to train their ai model. Just took what they wanted, laws and morality be damned. If you’re still using AI, that’s the system you’re condoning.
April 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s so insane that meta just flat out stole 7.5 million books in broad daylight to train their ai model. Just took what they wanted, laws and morality be damned. If you’re still using AI, that’s the system you’re condoning.
It’s funny how Trump’s “America first” policies are proving disastrous for the American economy
March 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s funny how Trump’s “America first” policies are proving disastrous for the American economy
My house was so much cleaner when I was on deadline
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My house was so much cleaner when I was on deadline
I sent out my first ever newsletter today! I set a form up ages ago because everyone says you have to do that, but I didn’t think anyone would actually sign up. But I checked today and I had 30 subscribers 🥹
March 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I sent out my first ever newsletter today! I set a form up ages ago because everyone says you have to do that, but I didn’t think anyone would actually sign up. But I checked today and I had 30 subscribers 🥹
It can be awkward promoting your own book online (am I supposed to be gushing about how great my work is?), but the wonderful thing about working with an illustrator is that I feel absolutely no qualms about gushing about his brilliant work on the book. Prettiest book ever!
March 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It can be awkward promoting your own book online (am I supposed to be gushing about how great my work is?), but the wonderful thing about working with an illustrator is that I feel absolutely no qualms about gushing about his brilliant work on the book. Prettiest book ever!
I’m going to do a proper post about my pre-order goodies later, but I have received the laptop decals I’m giving away, and I am OBSESSED
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m going to do a proper post about my pre-order goodies later, but I have received the laptop decals I’m giving away, and I am OBSESSED
I’m re-reading Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, and found this beautiful ode to library books in his Author’s Note:
March 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’m re-reading Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, and found this beautiful ode to library books in his Author’s Note:
Guess who just finished her first ever developmental edits on a novel?
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Guess who just finished her first ever developmental edits on a novel?
We always talk about how reading is important when you’re a writer. And it’s true for many reasons, but an underrated one is that reading helps add new and interesting words to your repertoire so that your writing is more varied.
March 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
We always talk about how reading is important when you’re a writer. And it’s true for many reasons, but an underrated one is that reading helps add new and interesting words to your repertoire so that your writing is more varied.
Yet another wonderful writing rite of passage, having to explain to my friends and family (who don’t know anything about publishing) why I’m asking them to buy a book that won’t be out until October 🥲
March 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yet another wonderful writing rite of passage, having to explain to my friends and family (who don’t know anything about publishing) why I’m asking them to buy a book that won’t be out until October 🥲
I’m at the losing sleep because of plot holes stage of doing edits, in case anyone was wondering. Wouldn’t wish plotting a murder mystery on my worst enemy
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I’m at the losing sleep because of plot holes stage of doing edits, in case anyone was wondering. Wouldn’t wish plotting a murder mystery on my worst enemy
Man who couldn’t even run a social media app is now trying to run the Us Government
March 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Man who couldn’t even run a social media app is now trying to run the Us Government
Came to Bluesky to check if Twitter was down 😂
March 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Came to Bluesky to check if Twitter was down 😂
Me, with tears in my eyes: please just tell me what the book is about
Writer, posting book promo: one bed, touch her and die, *arrow pointing to MC’s knee*: cinnamon roll
Writer, posting book promo: one bed, touch her and die, *arrow pointing to MC’s knee*: cinnamon roll
March 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Me, with tears in my eyes: please just tell me what the book is about
Writer, posting book promo: one bed, touch her and die, *arrow pointing to MC’s knee*: cinnamon roll
Writer, posting book promo: one bed, touch her and die, *arrow pointing to MC’s knee*: cinnamon roll