About the Author: Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea; Kartography
(both shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Broken
Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and, most
recently, 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. Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistans Academy of
Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in
2013 was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist.