Qaisra Shahraz
Qaisra Shahraz FRSA is a prize-winning and critically acclaimed novelist, scriptwriter and peace and gender activist. She is the founder, curator and Executive Director of MACFEST, Muslim Arts and Culture Festival. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a literary judge, a former Director of Gatehouse Books and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators partnership, advisor to International Journal IJRHS. Her novels – The Holy Woman, Typhoon, Revolt – and her collections of short stories – A Pair of Jeans and other stories and The Concubine & The Slave Catcher – stories from around the world – have been translated into several languages.
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The Holy Woman
"Gripping, hugely involving, and very satisfying" KATE MOSSE Set in Pakistan, London and Egypt, this epic drama centres around the life of Zarri, the glamorous…
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Revolt
"Delightfully detailed, emotionally rich and relevant" Anora McGaha, editor of Women Writers, Women Books A multi-layered, multi-faceted story of love, loss and mixed-race marriage, Revolt…
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Typhoon
"Gripping, hugely involving, and very satisfying" KATE MOSSE "A dramatic story of family intrigue, religious passions and riproaring romance" MICHELE ROBERTS Typhoon is set in…