Monica Ali
Monica Ali
Monica Aliis a Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist. In 2003 she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published three other novels...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth20 October 1967
getting-older needs certain
The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.
leaving brain asking
I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.