Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal
Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974) is a British journalist mostly writing for The Sun(United Kingdom), and writer.
Early life
Dhaliwal was born in Greenford, London and his parents were first-generation Punjabi immigrants. Dhaliwal was raised a non-practising Sikh and state-school educated before going on to the University of Nottingham to read English and American literature.[1]
Personal life
In 2000, while working as a radio journalist for the BBC, Dhaliwal was sent to interview Liz Jones, then editor of Marie Claire. They married in 2002 and divorced in 2007.
Career
Dhaliwal's first novel Tourism was published in 2006 and received mixed reviews. Described as 'brilliant'[2] in The Daily Telegraph, Julie Burchill thought it was 'touched with genius'.[3]
Dhaliwal currently works as a freelance journalist, based in London, having resided for a while in New Delhi. He writes for The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, and the Evening Standard and extensively for the Indian and international press.
References
- ^ Victoria Summersley and Johann Hari "Liz and Nirpal: The last argument", The Independent, 26 May 2007
- ^ Leith, William (8 April 2006). "'Her succulence killed me'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Singh, Nirpal Dhaliwal (6 April 2006). "Tourism". Vintage – via Amazon.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a novelist from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a British journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |