Umm Zakiyyah has since published several other novels, including A Voice (2004) and Footsteps (2007), which form the later two volumes of her If I Should Speak triology. As a lifelong professional writer and editor, I can say that I have never encountered Umm Zakiyyah's equal in portraying the nuances of encounters between persons at all levels from the most superficial to the most profound. I was fascinated not only by the plot of the novel, but especially by the brilliance of the writing itself. Crane, advisor to former US President Richard Nixon, commented, I could not put it down…. This marked a turning point in her life as the novel became an instant bestseller in the US and attracted readers from as far as Malaysia and Australia. Umm Zakiyyah's first novel, If I Should Speak, came out in 2001. She has given talks and interviews on radio and TV, and given lectures at youth events and at conferences within the United States and abroad. She also has a Master's degree in English language learning. In 1997, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education and embarked on a career of teaching. Later, as a student of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, she wrote articles for the university's publications and won many prizes for her leadership role as well as for her academic achievements. She grew up mostly in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she started writing articles for local newspapers at an early age. Umm Zakiyyah was born in 1975 in Long Island, New York, in the family of an American converts to Islam, Clark and Delores Moore.
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