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Monica Ali


UK flag (b.1967)

Monica Ali has been named by Granta as one of the twenty best young British novelists. She is the author of In the Kitchen, Alentejo Blue, and Brick Lane, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in London with her husband and two children.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction
 
Novels
   Brick Lane (2003)
   In the Kitchen (2009)
   Untold Story (2011)
   Love Marriage (2022)
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Collections
   Alentejo Blue (2006)
   Furies (2023) (with others)
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Monica Ali recommends
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Library for the War-Wounded (2024)
Monika Helfer
"Beautiful and heartbreaking, and readers will fall in love with Maria. I absolutely loved it."
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Lost on Me (2023)
Veronica Raimo
"I fell head over heels in love with Lost on Me. What a thrillingly original voice! Raimo writes with a tender brutality that is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking."
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Little Monsters (2023)
Adrienne Brodeur
"Smart, funny and beautifully written. Brodeur is a brilliant dissector of family relationships, a lyricist of the natural world, and an astute observer of our inner turmoils."

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Anthologies containing stories by Monica Ali
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Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay

Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2003) : Brick Lane


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