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.