Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, writer and educator. Her debut novel “Only the Longest Threads” was appreciated by critics as “a fictional approach to physics that captures both the substance of the theory and the passion of its practitioners”. Husain’s research probes the realm of 11-dimensional supergravity, but she also has a more general interest in the history and philosophy of physics. Husain is fascinated by how we engage with scientific theories, and how that interaction changes us; she explores these themes in her fiction and nonfiction writing. Husain is concerned with issues in science education, and has conducted several workshops for school teachers. She is also actively involved in outreach, to students as well as lay audiences. After receiving her PhD in string theory from Stockholm University, Husain pursued post-doctoral research at Harvard University, before returning to Lahore as a founding faculty member at the LUMS School of Science & Engineering. She currently resides in Cambridge.