Lora Inak

About The Author

Lora Inak began her writing journey aged ten, but it wasn’t until 2010 that her first short story titled Tap Tap Tapping at my Window was published by Black Dog Books. Her debut novel, Unspoken Rules, was published by Rhiza Edge in 2017, and then a memoir piece ‘One of A Kind’ was published in Pan Macmillan’s Arab, Australian, Other Anthology in 2019 co-edited by Sara Saleh and Randa Abdel-Fattah. A business leader in her professional life, with a strong background in marketing, brand, and communication, Lora lives in the burbs of Melbourne with her husband, her two children, and her rescue dog Rookie.

Books by Lora Inak

Sambu Won't Grow
By Lora Inak
Illustrated by Kruti Desai
Sambu is about to turn eight, and his family is planning a big birthday celebration! He has just one wish: to grow tall and strong like his Kenyan Maasai Warrior ancestors. Then maybe his older sisters will stop calling him a baby—and he might finally stop being scared of the strange noises on th...
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Elif's Itchy Palm
By Lora Inak
Illustrated by Kruti Desai
It’s Elif’s first day at Cockatoo Hill English Language School, and although she learned a little bit of English in Türkiye, she’s worried she won’t make any new friends in Australia.

But when Elif’s palm itches in class and her very special $2 coin goes missing, she discovers that the...
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