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Kamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Pakistan. Her first novel In the City By the Sea, was published in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys / Mail on Sunday Prize. In 1999 she also received the Award for Literature in Pakistan and published her second novel Salt and Saffron to critical acclaim. Kamila lives in London and Karachi.
Awards: Women's Prize (2018) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Novels
In the City by the Sea (1998)
Salt and Saffron (2000)
Kartography (2002)
Broken Verses (2005)
Burnt Shadows (2009)
A God in Every Stone (2014)
Home Fire (2017)
Best of Friends (2022)
Salt and Saffron (2000)
Kartography (2002)
Broken Verses (2005)
Burnt Shadows (2009)
A God in Every Stone (2014)
Home Fire (2017)
Best of Friends (2022)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Exquisite Corpse (2013) (with Naomi Alderman, Stella Duffy, Joe Dunthorne, Stuart Evers, Vanessa Gebbie, Matt Haig, Alex Preston, Marcel Theroux and G Willow Wilson)
Series contributed to
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Kamila Shamsie
Conradology (2017)
A Celebration of the Work of Joseph Conrad
edited by
Becky Harrison and Magda Raczynska
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