Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie is a Pakistani and British novelist and essayist, best known for her award-winning novel Home Fire (2017). Her other novels include Burnt Shadows, Broken Verses, Salt and Saffron and A God in Every Stone, and she is also the author of the essay collection Kartography. Shamsie was named on Granta's list of the 20 best young British writers, and she writes for The Guardian, New Statesman, Index on Censorship and Prospect, and broadcasts on radio.