Anarda Nashai

Anarda Nashai was born on the south side of Washington, DC into a large and close-knit family in the late seventies.  Educated at Frostburg and Bowie State Universities, she boasts that she is still waiting to graduate from the school of LIFE ("who ever does this anyway?").  At the early age of eight she developed a taste for poetry and serious fiction...and so began her love affair with literature, a passion for writing.

She joined the Maryland Writer's Association (MWA) in 2007 and has since actively pursued her dream of becoming a published poet and author.  Her other interests include Italian culture, world cinema, word search puzzles, and of course: READING.

Here is how the budding author would describe herself--written in her very own words:

"I love being told a great story (whether written or word of mouth), watching documentaries, drinking red wine, and laughing aloud at all sorts of humorous things.  I am a fiction writer, a poet, and a collector of unique handbags. Outside of becoming a published author and philanthropist, my goal is to find a beautiful male chef to marry (I'll only consider marriage for an actual cook) and to drink authentic spumante in Sicily.  The only thing that I absolutely hate outright is posing for photographs...well, that and bobby socks."

With a vested interest in international women's rights, Anarda loves to network with other like hearts and minds. Currently, she is promoting School Girl, her first collection of poetry, selected from her junior high and high school poetry journals.   While she is in the process of publishing her first novel, Ladybug, this tenacious writer is also hard at work on several other literary projects, which include erotica/paranormal romance and creative nonfiction.

  Quote of a Lifetime:

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." 
 -Thomas Jefferson

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