Kamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Pakistan. Her first novel In the City By the Sea, was published in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys / Mail on Sunday Prize. In 1999 she also received the Award for Literature in Pakistan and published her second novel Salt and Saffron to critical acclaim. Kamila lives in London and Karachi.
Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Novels
In the City by the Sea (1998)
Salt and Saffron (2000)
Kartography (2002)
Broken Verses (2005)
Burnt Shadows (2009)
A God in Every Stone (2014)
Home Fire (2017)
Best of Friends (2022)
Salt and Saffron (2000)
Kartography (2002)
Broken Verses (2005)
Burnt Shadows (2009)
A God in Every Stone (2014)
Home Fire (2017)
Best of Friends (2022)
Collections
Ox-Tales:Air (2009) (with others)
Road Stories (2012) (with others)
Eight Ghosts (2017) (with others)
Furies (2023) (with others)
Road Stories (2012) (with others)
Eight Ghosts (2017) (with others)
Furies (2023) (with others)
Novellas and Short Stories
Exquisite Corpse (2013) (with Naomi Alderman, Stella Duffy, Joe Dunthorne, Stuart Evers, Vanessa Gebbie, Matt Haig, Alex Preston, Marcel Theroux and G Willow Wilson)
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Kamila Shamsie recommends
Loot (2023)
Tania James
"A novel of wonder and terror and beauty - I was completely captivated by it."
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)
Stephen Buoro
"A blazing debut - smart, subversive, funny, heartbreaking. I'm already impatient for Buoro's next book."
More recommendations
Books containing stories by Kamila Shamsie
Conradology (2017)
A Celebration of the Work of Joseph Conrad
edited by
Becky Harrison and Magda Raczynska
Awards
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