Kia Abdullah (born 17 May 1982) is a British novelist and travel writer. She is the best-selling author of courtroom dramas Take It Back (HarperCollins, 2019), Truth Be Told (HarperCollins, 2020), Next of Kin (HarperCollins, 2021) and Those People Next Door (HarperCollins, 2023). She has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times, The Telegraph and the BBC, among other publications.