Riz Ahmed's Wife, Fatima Farheen Mirza, Is Ridiculously Impressive

In a 2018 interview with The Guardian, Mirza revealed that her first career plan wasn't writing: she was premed at first. Eventually, she switched her focus to creative writing and then earned a spot at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop.

"When I first moved to pursue my undergraduate degree, I was in agreement with my dad that I would become a doctor. But I was miserable in my pre-med courses, so I switched to creative writing," she said. "Saying that I needed to write this novel was jarring for us at first, but, in the end, no one has been more supportive than my family."