Shazia Omar

{{Short description|Bangladeshi novelist}}

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Shazia Omar is a Bangladeshi novelist. Her debut novel, Like a Diamond in the Sky, was published by Penguin India and Zubaan in 2009.{{Cite web|url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Bl5rTNinfLhdoyYWjOXdSK/Subcontinental-drift.html|title = Subcontinental drift - Livemint|publisher = Live Mint|date=May 7, 2010|access-date =November 15, 2016}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-174585|title = The Reading Circle . . . five years on|publisher = The Daily Star|date=February 19, 2011|access-date =November 15, 2016}} The novel dealt with drug abuse.{{Cite web|url = http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladeshi-women-writers-33912|title = Bangladeshi Women Writers|publisher = The Daily Star|date=July 19, 2014|access-date = November 15, 2016}} She studied at Dartmouth College and the London School of Economics.

She is also a social psychologist, a development professional and a yoga instructor.{{cite web|url=http://www.writersblock.com.bd/index.php/author_bios/viewauthorbios|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083724/http://www.writersblock.com.bd/index.php/author_bios/viewauthorbios|archive-date=September 22, 2013|accessdate=November 15, 2016|title=Shazia's bio at Writers Block}}