Hello and Welcome

I’m Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore, author of The Guilty Can’t Say Goodbye and This Messy Mobile Life.​
Here you’ll find out more about my fiction and non-fiction books which center around moving, multicultural identities and expat life. My global life is always the inspiration behind my books. Every few years, I have changed countries, cultures, languages and communities, and as a result, my sense of identity, home and belonging is ever developing on the move. I am an expert in butchering every new language I learn, I’m perpetually lost in every new place I call home, I can never remember my new phone number or my new address and making my morning cup of coffee requires an international adapter or two. The one thing that has remained a constant after living in 10 countries, 13 cities and 4 continents, is my love for writing. I write to process my global adventures and I am passionate about bringing cross-cultural people to the page. I hope you will come along on some of these adventures with me and let my words take you to faraway places. 
It's great to have you here and I hope you enjoy looking around.

Mariam

Reviews

An outstanding new addition to the global family literature.
​Robin Pascoe​
author of ​The Carry-On Imperative, Raising Global Nomads & A Moveable Marriage
This book will make thousands of expats more secure in their messy lives!
Christine Sperr
​Managing Director, Middle East, Santa Fe Relocation
Every now and then, a book comes along that leapfrogs ahead of others. Accessible, engaging and thorough, This Messy Mobile Life IS that book.
Linda A. Janssen​
author of ​The Emotionally Resilient Expat
A wonderfully welcome addition to the mobile, cross-cultural and ethnically diverse community​.
Michael V. Pollock
Director of Interaction International & ​co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing up Among Worlds, ​3rd ed.

Reviews

​Rich, multi-layered and gripping … a novel to be cherished.
Awais Khan
​author of Someone Like Her
Inventive, suspenseful, heartwarming, and culturally masterful.
Lisa Lynn Ericson
​author of Simplicidade Vibrante
Beautifully evokes place and the experience of displacement.
Michael Langan
​author of Shadow is a Color (as Light is)
The twists, turns, and secrets produce a lush, sometimes sinister, debut novel.
Apple Gidley
​author of Have You Eaten Rice Today?, Crucian Fusion, Transfer, and Fireburn