Nadifa Mohamed is a Somali-British novelist whose work includes the historical novel The Orchard of Lost Souls and The Fortune Men, which was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and made her the first British Somali novelist to reach that shortlist. The Fortune Men follows a Somali sailor accused of murder in 1950s Cardiff, a case drawn from a true story. Alongside her novels she has written short stories, essays and memoir, taught creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held the post of Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
