Kanza Javed lives and writes in Lahore. Her manuscript, “Ashes, Wine and Dust” was shortlisted for Tibor Jones South Asia Prize 2013, making her at the age of twenty-one, the youngest and the only Pakistani writer nominated for the prize that year. She was a keynote speaker in the ‘Aspiring Writers’ panel at the Lahore Literary Festival 2013. Her narrative, ‘Passing Morning’ has won third prize in British Council’s ‘Charles Dickens Writing Competition.’ Her short story, ‘The Intruders’ is to be published in Earthern Lamp Journal (January 2014 issue).