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Elif Shafak

Turkey (b.1971)

Elif Şafak is a Turkish author, columnist and speaker. She has been called Turkey's most popular female novelist.Şafak has published 15 books, 10 of which are novels. She writes fiction in both Turkish and English.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Flea Palace (2004)
   The Saint of Incipient Insanities (2004)
   The Gaze (2006)
   The Bastard of Istanbul (2007)
   The Forty Rules of Love (2010)
   Honour (2012)
   The Architect's Apprentice (2014)
   Three Daughters of Eve (2016)
   10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (2019)
   The Island of Missing Trees (2021)
   There are Rivers in the Sky (2024)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Elif Shafak

Freeman's Power (2018)
edited by
John Freeman

Reader, I Married Him (2016)
Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre
edited by
Tracy Chevalier

Award nominations

	2023 British Book Award Page-turner of the Year (nominee) : The Island of Missing Trees
	2022 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : The Island of Missing Trees
	2021 Costa Book Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Island of Missing Trees
	2019 Booker Prize (shortlist) : 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Elif Shafak recommends

Twist (2025)
Colum McCann
"Masterfully woven and delicately layered, and told with such calm wisdom that it will take your breath away, Twist is engrossing, deeply moving and consistently honest. Colum McCann is one of our greatest storytellers."

The Glassmaker (2024)
Tracy Chevalier
"Spellbinding... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel."

Dust Child (2023)
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
"Dazzling. Sharply drawn and hauntingly beautiful."