Mr.Deen

About the author

One storyteller, two names.

Mr. Deen is the pen name of Ibrahim Tajudeen Umoru. Every new novel he writes now comes out as Mr. Deen, and so do the Storybook Sleuth mysteries for young readers.

His first four novels were published under his own name. The Briar series follows Maren Vale from the thorn wall of Thornhold to the winter house of Rimehold. Shatter the Glass Kingdom turns Cinderella into a story about stolen shadows and a prince who signs the warrants. The Echo Room follows a memory specialist whose brother, dead for twelve years, sends her a message. All of them keep returning to one question: what does a bargain really cost, and who ends up paying?

He also trained as a professional cook in Modena, and a handbook on the Italian kitchen is on the way. Outside of books he makes music, designs, and animates.