Jabeen Akhtar is the author of the novel, Welcome to Americastan, a finalist in the 15th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards, and is a frequent contributor to the LA Review of Books.  In 2018, she was featured in PEN America's The M Word Stories.

Born in London and raised in Washington, DC, she spent ten years working for the federal government before turning to fiction and essays. She currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and their cats, Andromeda and Luna.