Monica Ali

Monica Ali was born in East Pakistan to a Pakistani father and a British mother. When she was three years old, she and her family moved to Bolton, England. Later, she enrolled in Oxford’s Wadham College, where she studied philosophy, politics, and economics. Brick Lane, her first novel, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. She has written three other novels: Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, and Untold Story. She lives in South London with her husband, Simon Torrance, and their two children.