Atima Srivastava was born in Mumbai in 1961 and came to London at age 10. She was a film editor for 16 years and then a university lecturer creating, developing and teaching courses in Literature, Film, Identity and Immigration. She has published two other novels as well as a libretto, several screenplays and award winning short stories. She has been a British Writer in Residence at universities in over 50 International cities including Seoul, Mumbai, Mainz, Sophia, Bern, Koln, Lugano and Singapore.

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