Natasha Tynes

is a Jordanian-American author in Maryland and a regular contributor to publications, among them the Washington Post, Nature Magazine, Elle, and Esquire. Her short stories have appeared in Geometry, the Timberline Review, and Fjords. Her short story “Ustaz Ali” was a prize winner at the prestigious annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in 2018. Tynes is the author of the speculative literary novel They Called Me Wyatt (Rare Bird Books, 2019). She hosts the podcast, Read and Write with Natasha, which features authors and publishers. She is a contributor to Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction, edited by Jordan Elgrably (City Lights Books, 2024).