Sheena Patel

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Sheena Patel is a British author and film director. She is part of the collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE, [1] 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. [2]

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Her debut novel, I'm A Fan, [3] was published by Rough Trade Books in 2022 and received recognition including the Discover Book of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards [4] and the Observer Best Debut Novel of 2022. [5] It was longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction [6] and shortlisted for other accolades. [7] [8]

Early life

Patel is a second-generation immigrant [9] with a Kenyan-Indian father and a Mauritian mother. She was born in northwest London [10] and was a voracious reader from early in life, reading what she describes as a large amount of "filthy books" for her young age. [9]

She studied English literature at Queen Mary University alongside Sharan Hunjan [11] and Rosh Goyate. The three women, along with Sunnah Khan, formed 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE in 2017.

Career

The collective performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before publishing its first collection in 2021. [1] 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." [12]

Patel has previously worked in film and television as an assistant director. [13]

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  2. ↑ "4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE - Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel &". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  3. ↑ Patel, Sheena (2022). I'm a fan (Third ed.). Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar: Rough Trade Books. ISBN   978-1-914236-19-8.
  4. ↑ Hassan, Beril Naz (2023-05-16). "British Book Awards 2023: Full list of this year's winners". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  5. ↑ Cummins, Anthony; Kenny, Ursula; Anderson, Hephzibah; Ghadiali, Ashish (2022-01-16). "Introducing our 10 best debut novelists of 2022". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  6. ↑ Passmore, Lynsey (2023-03-07). "Announcing the 2023 Women's Prize longlist!". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  7. ↑ "2023 Shortlist - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  8. ↑ "2023". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  9. 1 2 Butter, Susannah (2022-07-14). "I'm A Fan: Author Sheena Patel's stunning debut". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  10. ↑ Patel, Sheena (2023-04-29). "On my radar: Sheena Patel's cultural highlights". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  11. ↑ . doi:10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-13/acorreia/figure6 http://dx.doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-13/acorreia/figure6 . Retrieved 2023-10-10.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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