Mohsin Ali Zaidi (born 1984/1985)[3] is a British best-selling author, keynote speaker, and management consultant.

His debut book, published by Penguin, was the 2020 coming of age memoir A Dutiful Boy[4] about growing up gay in a Muslim household in Britain.

[3] He studied at Kelmscott, a local comprehensive school in Walthamstow, before completing his A-levels at Ilford County High School and then going on to complete his BA Law with European Legal Studies in 2007 at Keble College, Oxford, and the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, London.

[12] In The i Newspaper,[13] Zaidi discusses LGBT rights in the UK and the effects of the British government's unfulfilled promise of banning conversion therapy.

[14] Zaidi shared his opinion regarding the LGBT-targeted 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting in Newsweek, emphasising the importance of bravery in the wake of tragedy.

[15] Zaidi regularly undertakes speaking engagements generally centering around topics such as mental health, social mobility, intersectionality, and representation.