Ghazala Hameed, a committed social worker and an aspiring writer, graduated from Kinnaird College, Lahore where she was editor of The Last Word. She is multilingual and has worked in London, Riyadh and Lahore. While living in Riyadh, she collaborated on International Cooking, a collection of recipes from the expatriate community. She has been actively involved for many years with the Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled in Lahore and has served on their Executive Committee and as Treasurer. She currently lives in London with her husband who is in the petrochemical business. They have three children.