Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore is Pakistani by birth and Italian through marriage, but her identity is not confined to the passports she holds. She is an author, writer, speaker, researcher, and economist. She was born into expat life, joining her parents on their first global expatriate assignment in 1982 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Her early childhood was spent growing up in Manama, New York City, and Karachi. To date, Mariam has lived in ten countries as both a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and an expat adult: Bahrain, the United States (NY, MA, TX), Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Ghana, and Portugal. A 40-foot container, an expat husband from another corner of the world, and three children born in three different countries 3,000 miles apart have added complexity, challenges, and many joys to living a multicultural, multilingual, and multi-mobile life. Passionate about languages and cultures, Mariam speaks fluent Urdu, English, Hindi, and German, with some Italian, Danish, Arabic, Twi, 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 phone number or address, or where she packed those suede boots! The Guilty Can't Say Goodbye is her second book, but her debut novel. She currently lives in Cascais, Portugal with her German/Italian husband and her German-Pakistani-Italian kids, born in Singapore, Dubai, and Lisbon. You can follow her writing by visiting her author website, mariamnavaidottimofiore.com