Tanya Athar-Jogee is a writer, activist and former award-winning corporate communications professional. Her debut novel, Tiny Glimmers of Light, is co-authored with her father, Al Athar, and will be released on October 7, 2025.

Tanya completed her undergraduate degree in journalism from Concordia University in Montreal, where she won the award for the most outstanding journalism graduate in her class. She also holds an MS in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University in Chicago. 

Her op-eds on social issues, culture, faith, and identity have appeared in Newsweek, Common Dreams, Truthout, and other national publications, and she has written features for Dawn, the oldest and largest English-language newspaper in Pakistan.