- Nikita Lalwani
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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 Elliot 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 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stephen-merchant-amp-nikita-lalwani-454217.html
- ^ http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000072359,00.html
- ^ http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/64
- ^ http://www.costabookawards.com/awards/shortlist.aspx
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3533658.ece
- ^ http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=28
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/27/news.guydammann
- ^ http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13581&issueid=68
External links
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Welsh novelists
- Women novelists
- Indian writers
- People from Kota
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- British people of Indian descent
- British novelist stubs
- Welsh writer stubs
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