British Bengali-born writer Tasneem Abdur-Rashid talks to author Maggie Brookes about her uplifting, laugh-out-loud story, The Thirty Before Thirty List, which confronts the choices that a young woman has to make between forging an exciting, independent life or accepting a life defined by family and tradition.

Tasneem Abdur-Rashid worked in media, PR and communications for over 15 years, in the UK and in the Middle East. She has an MA in Creative Writing, and her debut rom-com, Finding Mr Perfectly Fine, was published in 2022. She's also a mum and spends her days juggling a day job, raising her children and writing stories about under-represented communities.

Maggie Brookes is a poet and historical novelist, author of The Prisoner's Wife; and Acts of Love and War.