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]
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 edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b ""There's A Freedom In Resisting Definition": Meet 4 Writers (And Friends) Doing Poetry Their Way". British Vogue. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE - Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel &". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ Patel, Sheena (2022). I'm a fan (Third ed.). Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar: Rough Trade Books. ISBN 978-1-914236-19-8.
- ^ Hassan, Beril Naz (2023-05-16). "British Book Awards 2023: Full list of this year's winners". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Passmore, Lynsey (2023-03-07). "Announcing the 2023 Women's Prize longlist!". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023 Shortlist - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "2023". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ a b Butter, Susannah (2022-07-14). "I'm A Fan: Author Sheena Patel's stunning debut". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ Patel, Sheena (2023-04-29). "On my radar: Sheena Patel's cultural highlights". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ . 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) - ^ "BOMB Magazine | Sheena Patel Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "C&W Agency". cwagency.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-28.