Career
In 2017, it was announced Fig Tree (a Penguin Books imprint) had won a three-way auction to publish Salam's debut novel Things Bright and Beautiful in April 2018. [7] The novel, centred around a married missionary couple in the New Hebrides, [8] was inspired by her own experience living in Vanuatu for six months. At the time, outside of writing, Salam worked for an NGO that provided refugee students with postgraduate scholarships. [5]
Fig Tree would go on to publish Salam's second novel Belladonna: Our Italian Year, which took two years to write and edit, [1] in 2020. Set in the 1950s, the novel follows Bridget and Isabella, a pair of American Catholic school friends from Connecticut who win scholarships to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Pentila in northern Italy. [9] Belladonna appeared on The New Arab's list of best books by Arab authors that year. [10]
In 2022, Salam moved to Baskerville (an imprint of Hachette UK) for a two-book deal. [11] She had begun writing her third novel, a paranormal occult mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, during the COVID-19 lockdown. The novel, titled Hazardous Spirits, was released in October 2023. [12]
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