Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is a Pakistani and British writer and novelist who is best known for her award-winning novel Home Fire (2017). Named on Granta magazine's list of 20 best young British writers, Shamsie has been described by The New Indian Express as "a novelist to reckon with and to look forward to." She also writes for publications including The Guardian, New Statesman, Index on Censorship and Prospect, and broadcasts on radio.
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- Born in
- Karachi
- Educated at
- University of Massachusetts AmherstHamilton CollegeKarachi Grammar School
- Awards
- 🏆 Women's Prize for Fiction🏆 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards🏆 BBC 100 Women🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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1973
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