Sheena Patel

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Sheena Patel
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Patel in 2021
Alma mater Queen Mary University of London
OccupationNovelist
Years active2017–present
Known forI'm a Fan (2022)

Sheena Patel is a British author. She is part of the collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE, with which she released her first published work, This Is What Love Is, as part of a set of pamphlets in a 2021 collection named for the collective.

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Her debut novel, I'm a Fan, was published by Rough Trade Books in 2022 and received recognition including the Discover Book of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards and The Observer Best Debut Novel of 2022. It was longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for other accolades.

Early life and education

Patel is a second-generation immigrant [1] with a Kenyan-Indian father and a Mauritian mother. She was born in northwest London [2] and was a voracious reader from early in life, reading what she describes as a large amount of "filthy books" for her young age. [1]

She studied English literature at Queen Mary University alongside Sharan Hunjan [3] and Rosh Goyate. The three women, along with Sunnah Khan, formed 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE in 2017. [4] [5]

Career

The collective performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before publishing its first collection in 2021. [4] Patel's work on I'm a Fan came after the January 6 United States Capitol attack, when she observed that "Love and hate and destruction all became intertwined, and I thought, This is what it’s like being infatuated with someone who is emotionally unavailable." [6] The novel was a critical success and won various awards. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Patel has previously worked in film and television as an assistant director. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Butter, Susannah (14 July 2022). "I'm A Fan: Author Sheena Patel's stunning debut". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Patel, Sheena (29 April 2023). "On my radar: Sheena Patel's cultural highlights". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ↑ . doi:10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-13/acorreia/figure6 http://dx.doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-13/acorreia/figure6 . Retrieved 10 October 2023.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 ""There's A Freedom In Resisting Definition": Meet 4 Writers (And Friends) Doing Poetry Their Way". British Vogue. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE - Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel &". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "BOMB Magazine | Sheena Patel Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Hassan, Beril Naz (16 May 2023). "British Book Awards 2023: Full list of this year's winners". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Cummins, Anthony; Kenny, Ursula; Anderson, Hephzibah; Ghadiali, Ashish (16 January 2022). "Introducing our 10 best debut novelists of 2022". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Passmore, Lynsey (7 March 2023). "Announcing the 2023 Women's Prize longlist!". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "2023 Shortlist - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "2023". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "C&W Agency". cwagency.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Patel, Sheena (2022). I'm a fan (Third ed.). Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar: Rough Trade Books. ISBN   978-1-914236-19-8.
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