Ameera Patel is an actor who has worked on stage and in television (best known for her role as Dr Chetty in Generations). She is also an award winning playwright and actor. She received a distinction for her MA in Creative Writing in 2013 (University of the Witwatersrand). Outside the Lines is her first novel.

Outside the Lines has been translated into German and was published by Peter Hammer Verlag in 2016.

Catalyst Press in the US published Outside the Lines in 2020.