Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore is a Pakistani and Italian expat author, writer, researcher and economist. She has grown up and lived in ten countries and four continents as a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and an expat adult: The Kingdom of Bahrain, the United States, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Ghana and Portugal. Her life on the move is messy. A 40-foot container, an expat husband from another corner of the world and three children born 3,000 miles apart have added complexity, challenges and many joys to living a multicultural, multilingual and multi-mobile life. She currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal, with her German/Italian husband and her German-Pakistani-Italian kids, born in Singapore, Dubai and Lisbon. Passionate about languages and cultures, Mariam speaks fluent Urdu, English, Hindi and German with some Italian, Danish, Arabic and Portuguese on the side. She is an expert at making embarrassing mistakes in every new language she picks up, is perpetually lost in every new city she calls home and can never remember her new address or where she packed those suede boots!She is the co-author of two books 'Export Success and Industrial Linkages in South Asia' (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) and 'Insights and Interviews from the 2017 Families in Global Transition Conference' (Summertime Publishing 2018). 2019 saw the publication of her debut book "This Messy Mobile Life: How a MOLA can help globally mobile families create a life by design" (Springtime Books). Raw, honest, inspiring and uplifting, This Messy Mobile Life comprises personal reflection, expert advice and survey research to help globally mobile families navigate their international journey. The learnings in this book will also help international schools, HR, global mobility specialists, relocation agencies and bilingual/multilingual educators to provide focused support and assistance to international families around the world.Mariam's new debut women's fiction novel 'The Guilty Can't Say Goodbye' has been published in April 2024 by Springtime Books. When three women move to Portugal and are thrown together by happenstance, little do they know how dramatically their lives are about to change.Read more about this authorRead less about this author