At just 18 years old, Ferin Kahar from Surat is stepping into the literary world with clarity, courage, and a strong sense of purpose. Ferin’s journey as a writer has evolved in tandem with her academic life. While education has always been an important focus around her, writing quietly became her personal space, a place where she could reflect, heal, and express emotions that often go unspoken. Reading, writing, and building ideas have been a source of balance and therapy for her, helping her understand herself and the world better. Her relationship with writing is one she describes as a journey she is still discovering . Life, people, and everyday observations inspire her the most. She notices the little things: conversations, silences, struggles and turns them into words that stay with the reader. Her writing style is deep and thought-provoking, often encouraging reflection rather than quick answers. What truly moved Ferin to write her debut novel was a powerful real-life e...
Hailey Verkolf is a 19-year-old author based in The Hague, Netherlands, and her journey with writing already feels both thoughtful and deeply personal. From the way she speaks about stories, it’s clear that writing is more than a hobby for her & it’s something that gives her a sense of purpose. Hailey has been writing for as long as she can remember. Like many writers, she started young, creating small, imaginative stories as a child before moving on to fan fiction during her high school years. After stepping away from writing for a few years, she found herself drawn back in when she rediscovered her love for reading. That return to books reignited her passion for storytelling and eventually led her to take writing seriously, culminating in the publication of her first novel. Although Hailey enjoys reading modern books, especially contemporary romance, her own writing style naturally leans toward something more classical. As she worked on her debut novel, she noticed her sto...