B Latif

B. Latif is a Pakistani-American novelist who is currently pursuing her education in Texas. Born on 14 June 1996 in the small town of Sarai Alamgir, Pakistan, B. Latif lived there with her parents and three siblings, emigrating to the U.S.A. in 2016.

At the age of fourteen, B. Latif started writing her first novel. Although supported by her friends and her English teacher, Bela continued to write in secret. Throughout her studies at college, it became clearer to her that she really wanted to be a writer.

Death’s Life was written in 2015 and is the first book she has published. Based on an experience she had at a funeral when she saw the affliction of a mother as she grieved for her dead son, which made the author curious about the phenomena of death. Making the character of Death a woman and a mother is a tribute to all mothers, as they have infinite love and would feel infinite pain, should anything happen to their child.

The thought processes the character of Death goes through reflects how the nineteen-year-old author perceived the character; sometimes weird, sometimes mature for a girl of her age. But in the end, apart from God, who could be portrayed as the ultimate, powerful female character other than Death herself? Naturally, Bela’s own feminist views have been the main influence for Death.