Award-Winning Historical Author and Editor
Award-winning Novel
My Real Name Is Hanna
“In her brilliant, poetic novel that reads like Holocaust testimony . . . Masih blends diligent research, blazing imagination and sophisticated literary technique in her transformational narrative.”
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Masih's stories are minimally but skillfully detailed . . . giving extra weight to simple, recurring phenomena like water and color ("the evening's August melon light"). Striking and resonant, this collection should prove memorable.
—Publishers Weekly
Praise & Reviews
Beautiful and carefully written work that deftly searches below the surface for the personal feelings of the diverse characters and blends them with the oftentimes stunning outside world. . . . Luminous. . . .
—Kirkus Reviews
With sweeping intelligence and effortless command, Masih deftly explores the aching presence of the absent, and the absence of those present, in stories that read like instant classics.
—Sara Lippmann, Longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
See Upcoming Appearances
These are select upcoming events. To see full book launch tours and appearances, visit my ALL EVENTS page.
I hope to meet you in person!
March 25, 2025, 3-5 pm
Panel: Voices of Diversity with Multicultural Writers
Story & Song Center for Arts and Culture, Amelia Island, 1430 Park Avenue, Fernandina Beach, FL
I've been invited to join this panel with two other authors and a moderator by the Amelia Island Writers Group. Books will be available. Hosted by the wonderful Story & Song.
Dec. 7, 2024, 10-12 AM
FWA Clay County Speakers Panel on Historical Research
Clay County Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island
How does one approach doing great research and surfacing facts as foundational pieces to the writing, whether real history or fictional history? The same holds for assessing developing history (aka current news). Ukraine is the backdrop that Ukrianian poet Nicky Yurcaba and I will use to share how we find truth in research. Hosted by writer Lou Pugliese. Will include other speakers during the Q&A who specialize in WWII history. Open to the public.
Through elegant prose, complex characters, and breathtaking images, Masih has crafted a collection that is not only a joy to read but also incredibly cathartic.
The RMP Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction is the best of its kind. For both beginner and advanced practitioners of this hot and wildly popular genre, the Field Guide offers tons of practical advice, hands-on exercises, and intriguing histories of the form.