Nikita Lalwani
Nikita Lalwani is a novelist born in Kota, Rajasthan in 1975[1] and raised in Cardiff, Wales.[2] She studied English at Bristol University[1] and her first book, Gifted, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize[3] and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.[4] She was also nominated as Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.[5] In June 2008 she won the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize for Fiction.[6] She donated the £10,000 prize to human rights campaigners, Liberty.[7] Lalwani has also contributed to The Guardian, The New Statesman and The Observer and also recently written for AIDS Sutra,[8] an anthology exploring the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in India. She lives in North West London.
References
- ^ a b The Independent. London http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stephen-merchant-amp-nikita-lalwani-454217.html.
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- ^ "Man Booker Longlist Announced: Man Booker Prize news". Themanbookerprize.com. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ http://www.costabookawards.com/awards/shortlist.aspx
- ^ David Byers Updated 17 minutes ago. "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". London: Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=28
- ^ Guy Dammann (2008-06-27). "Nikita Lalwani's Gifted wins Desmond Elliott prize | Books | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ "An infectious cause : SOCIETY & THE ARTS News - India Today". Indiatoday.digitaltoday.in. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
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