Ladan Osman is the author of Exiles of Eden (2019), winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and a Whiting Award, and The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony (2015), winner of the Sillerman Prize. Her work in film includes: The Ascendants, Just Sam, and Sun of the Soil.Ladan lives in New York. Instagram: @ladanbadan & Twitter: @OsmanLadan.