Law student turns familial yearning into prize-winning novel

The feeling of missing someone close to you is a universal one and law student cum author Nadia Mikail was able to draw upon it for her award-winning debut novel “The Cats We Meet Along The Way”.

Nadia, who recently won the Waterstones children’s book prize for her first book, recently spoke to Malaysiakini about the origins of the story that was inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It was originally a story about a girl who's missing her sister because she hasn't spoken to her in some time. Soon after I had written the story, the pandemic started...