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]
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.
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]
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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]
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.
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]
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