About Amra Pajalic
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Amra Pajalić is an award-winning author, editor, and educator whose work draws deeply from her Bosnian heritage and lived experience. She has published nine books across memoir, fiction, and non-fiction, championing own-voices storytelling and underrepresented perspectives.
Her young adult Sassy Saints Series — including Sabiha’s Dilemma, Alma’s Loyalty, and Jesse’s Triumph — explores identity, belonging, and resilience through the lens of culturally diverse teens. She is also the author of The Climb and The Cuckoo’s Song, and her memoir Things Nobody Knows But Me offers a powerful account of growing up with a bipolar mother in a migrant community. Amra co-edited the landmark anthology Growing Up Muslim in Australia, which is widely studied in schools. She is the author of the forthcoming Seka Torlak historical-mystery series, beginning with Time Kneels Between Mountains and companion essay collection that examine the legacy of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. She is the founder and publisher of Pishukin Press, a small press dedicated to elevating marginalised voices. Pishukin Press has published Complication, an acclaimed short story collection by Fikret Pajalić. Amra writes romance as Mae Archer and has written Return To Me, Hollywood Dreams and Vintage Dreams.
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Her new historical crime series, Seka Torlak Mystery, follows a journalist seeking justice in the aftermath of genocide — and the first book Time Kneels Between Mountains is out now, and the second Ghosts Among the Gumtrees is available through a Kickstarter campaign.
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I have a podcast!
Amra's Armchair Anecdotes I'm Amra Pajalić—author, teacher, and passionate truth-teller. From the comfort of my armchair, I unpack the writing life, share hard-won lessons, and reflect on creativity, culture, and craft. Expect real talk, personal stories, and the occasional rant—because the writing journey is anything but tidy. New episodes drop every second Monday. Pull up a chair—let’s get honest. |
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I have a shop!
Buy my books from my shop and save Pishukin Press I’m founder of Pishukin Press, an indie press publishing powerful stories by underrepresented voices. We make books accessible to everyone—available in ebook, paperback, hardback, large print, dyslexic font, and audiobooks (narrated by both AI and professional performers). Buy direct for the best deals and support independent publishing with heart. |
I have a Substack!
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My Substack where I write about the messy, unglamorous truth of being an author: the drafts that don’t work, the ideas that won’t let go, the moments of doubt that sit alongside the rare flashes of clarity.
You’ll find three strands running through everything I publish:
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Crime Novels
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Young Adult Novels
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Memoir
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Romance |
Dark Fiction/Horror |
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Books I've published
