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I had this initial idea, and it was a convergence of a few different moments of inspiration.

I just want to put that out there, in case any aspiring writers get freaked out! Samira Ahmed: It took eight years, but it wasn’t quite non-stop writing for eight years. What sparked your idea for this novel back then? Paste: I read on your blog that you began writing Love, Hate and Other Filters eight years ago. Check out our interview below, in which Samira talks about the childhood incident that inspired Love, Hate and Other Filters, her upcoming sophomore novel and her message to the Mayas of the world. We’ve been fans of Ahmed’s novel ever since we revealed the cover last summer, so we were thrilled to chat with her ahead of the book’s release today.

But when the prime suspect of a terrorist attack happens to share her last name, she’s catapulted into a frenzy of fear and bigotry. As a member of the only Indian American and Muslim family in her small Midwestern town, Maya finds herself caught between two worlds…and two love interests. Her debut novel, Love, Hate and Other Filters, introduces readers to Maya Aziz, a 17-year-old with dreams of going to film school. Writing an entertaining coming-of-age story that tackles Islamophobia is no easy feat, but Samira Ahmed proves that it can be done-and done well.