Farida Somjee is an award-winning Canadian author. Her debut novel, The Beggar’s Dance, won the Whistler Independent Book Awards for Best Fiction. She is also the author of the children's picture book Mommy Whey Aah You?.Born in Mbeya, Tanzania, and raised in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, many of her childhood memories - and later, her experiences as a mother - have shaped her writing.
She moved to Canada in her late teens and now lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia, with her husband and their dog, Zorro.
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