{"id":374,"date":"2016-03-31T19:09:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2017-02-17T22:25:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:25:19","slug":"samreen-ahsan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/?page_id=374","title":{"rendered":"Samreen Ahsan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Romance\u2014Contemporary \/ Paranormal \/ Fantasy \/ Historical<\/h2>\r\n<p>History, art and literature are Samreen's\u00a0passions. She\u00a0loves digging out information about prophecies, divine miracles and paranormal events that are mentioned in history and holy books, that don't sound possible in today's modern world.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/samreen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-398 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/samreen-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"samreen\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/samreen-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/independentauthorsinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/samreen.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSince childhood, Samreen has been deeply into reading and writing \u2014 and yes, it can't happen without imagination, which luckily has no boundaries. Dance and music are also pastimes she enjoys, as well as reading romance fiction. Living in Toronto, Canada, Samreen loves to travel and explore historical cities.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Winner<\/strong> \u2013 2014 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards<\/li><li>\r\n<strong>Winner<\/strong> \u2013 2014 Los Angeles Book Festival in Romance category.<\/li><li>\r\n<strong>Winner<\/strong> \u2013 2014 Paris Book Festival in Romance category<\/li><li>\r\n<strong>Winner<\/strong> \u2013 2014 Hollywood Book Festival in Romance category<\/li><li>\r\n<strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong> \u2013 2014 New York Book Festival<\/li><li>\r\n<strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong> \u2013 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival<\/li><li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>A SILENT PRAYER<\/strong> is also available on <a title=\"A Silent Prayer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wattpad.com\/story\/16302443-a-silent-prayer-a-prayer-series-1\" target=\"_blank\">WATTPAD<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nVisit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samreenahsan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Samreen-Ahsan\/e\/B00D5FZILI\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon author page<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1265 .fg-image { width: 124px; 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