Sheena Patel

Sheena Patel is a British author and film director from London, England. She is part of the collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE[1] with whom she released her first published work, This Is What Love Is, as one of a set of pamphlets in a 2021 collection named after the collective.[2]

Her debut novel titled I'm A Fan[3] was published by Rough Trade Books in 2022 and received a number of key distinctions 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 also longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction[6] and shortlisted for a number of other accolades.[7][8]

Early life and career

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 two other writers, Sharan Hunjan[11] and Rosh Goyate. The three women, along with Sunnah Khan, formed the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective in 2017. The collective performed together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before publishing their first collection in 2021.[1] Her 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 also worked in the film and television industry as an assistant director.[13]

References
  1. ""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.
  2. "4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE - Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel &". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  3. Patel, Sheena (2022). I'm a fan (Third ed.). Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar: Rough Trade Books. ISBN 978-1-914236-19-8.
  4. Hassan, Beril Naz (2023-05-16). "British Book Awards 2023: Full list of this year's winners". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  5. 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.
  6. Passmore, Lynsey (2023-03-07). "Announcing the 2023 Women's Prize longlist!". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  7. "2023 Shortlist - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  8. "2023". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  9. Butter, Susannah (2022-07-14). "I'm A Fan: Author Sheena Patel's stunning debut". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  10. Patel, Sheena (2023-04-29). "On my radar: Sheena Patel's cultural highlights". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  11. dx.doi.org http://dx.doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-13/acorreia/figure6. Retrieved 2023-10-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "BOMB Magazine | Sheena Patel Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  13. "C&W Agency". cwagency.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-28.


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