Jasmine Aimaq is the author of The Opium Prince, an Amazon Editors' pick for December 2020. The Opium Prince is on the Washington Post's list of "10 Books to Read" in December and on Popsugar's list of "21 New Books Everyone Will be Talking About." With Starred Reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, The Opium Prince has also garnered critical acclaim on BookTrib and LitHub.

Jasmine was born in Germany to a Swedish mother and Afghan father. At age 4, she moved to Afghanistan with her parents and sister. They left the country in 1976, two years before the Communist Revolution. After some time in London and Hamburg, the family settled in Los Angeles. Jasmine divides her time between British Columbia and California. The Opium Prince is her first novel.