“My Soul, A Shining Tree” has won the Nero Book Award for the Children’s Fiction! “My Soul, A Shining Tree is the exceptionally powerful story of three young lives unexpectedly entwined by war. Only a writer of genius could tell
Jamila shared the stage with Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse to discuss First World War stories at the Stroud Book Festival. She founded the event in 2016.
Jamila’s latest novel My Soul, A Shining Tree has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing. The winner will be announced in June 2026. To learn more about the book, click here.
My new book My Soul A Shining Tree is coming July 2025! The cover art by Akrem Chebokha is luminously beautiful and encapsulates the book perfectly. My Soul, A Shining Tree has already been included on The Guardian’s list of
Jamila has been awarded an MBE for her services to Children’s Literature. See below an excerpt from the London Gazette. For more details, click here. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood St. James’s Palace, London SW1 15 June 2024