Aamer Hussein

Born in Karachi in 1955, he has lived and worked in London since 1970, and spends part of each year in Pakistan. He is the author of several works of fiction, including short story collections such as “Cactus Town”, “Insomnia”, and “37 Bridges” (winner of the KLF-Embassy of France Prize 2016); and the recently published “Hermitage” (2018). His novels include “Another Gulmohar Tree” (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Europe and South Asia 2010) and “The Cloud Messenger”.