British Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie wins literary award in UK

LAHORE – British-Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie wins the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction. This was her seventh novel, Home Fire. Her work of fiction is one of a kind and we must say this is a well deserved award. Kamila, 44, grew up in Karachi and now lives in London. She has received £30,000 prize money and statuette by the chair of judges Sarah Sands in a ceremony at Bedford Square Gardens. 44, who grew up in Karachi and now lives in London was presented with the £30,000 prize money and statuette by the chair of judges Sarah Sands in a ceremony at Bedford Square Gardens. https://twitter.com/WomensPrize/status/1004456268164157445 https://twitter.com/WomensPrize/status/1004404566237032449 Kamila surely had some tough competition with the likes of The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Sight by Jessie Greengrass, When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy, and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. We, as a country, are so proud of your achievement Kamila.