Priya Basil

Priya Basil was born in London to parents with Indian roots. Her family moved to East Africa when she was a year old; she grew up in Kenya, and later studied and attended university in the UK. In 2002 she moved to Berlin, where she still lives. Her works have been nominated for numerous prizes, among them the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. She regularly writes for Lettre International and various daily newspapers. Basil is the co-founder of Authors for Peace. Her book Be My Guest was an international success.