Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist and a writer. Her work has appeared in Nautilus, as well as various anthologies of science writing for both adults and children. She is a columnist for 3quarksdaily.com, and the author of the popular science novel Only The Longest Threads (Paul Dry Books, 2014). Tasneem has taught at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and led workshops at the Boston Book Festival, the Cambridge Science Festival, as well as an ongoing series at CERN. She is a Fellow of the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth.