Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie writes novels that trace the tensions of family, loyalty, and political violence across South Asia, Britain, and beyond. She is the author of seven novels, including Home Fire, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2018, and Burnt Shadows, shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her fiction has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester and a Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature.