Start: October 30, 2024 1:30 p.m.
End: October 30, 2024 3:30 p.m.
Location: Student Center, Ballroom
Hena Khan, Ball State's 2024 Writer-in-Residence, will host a Featured Reading of selected text from works, to be followed by a Conversation with Ball State Graduate Ashley C. Ford in the Pittenger Student Center Ballroom at 1:30 p.m.
All WIR events are free and open to the public. Ms. Khan will be available to sign books after each event. After 7 p.m., free parking is available in most campus lots and garages.
Hena Khan, an award-winning author of picture books and middle grade fiction, has five new books coming out this year, including Drawing Deena, Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library, and We Are Big Time—a graphic novel about “an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team.” Hena Khan’s groundbreaking middle grade novel Amina’s Voice was named a Best Book of 2017 by the Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and others. As a child, Khan spent countless hours at the public library, but never saw her life as a Pakistani American Muslim reflected in the pages of a book. After completing her MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University, Khan worked with non-profit health organizations as a writer and editor for many years. Born and raised in Maryland, she enjoys sharing and writing about her culture and religion, as well as many other topics—from community and friendship to spies and space travel.