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Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is the author of seven novels: In the City by the Sea; Kartography; Salt and Saffron; Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows, (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction; A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; and most recently, Home Fire. In 2013 she was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.


Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

“Perhaps there is no such thing as my writing space except wherever I happen to find myself.”
September 27, 2022  By Kamila Shamsie
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“Foreboding”

'I don’t believe in ghosts,’ Khalid said...
October 31, 2018  By Kamila Shamsie
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When Pakistan Feels Like an L.A. Noir

Motels, Broken Dreams, and Mysterious Men Asking Questions
August 14, 2017  By Kamila Shamsie
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Kamila Shamsie On Intizar Hussain’s Novel, Basti

Reimagining the Intimate Sweep of History
February 5, 2016  By Kamila Shamsie
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