The Holy Woman (52 page)
Authors: Qaisra Shahraz
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Qaisra Shahraz is a prize-winning and critically acclaimed novelist and scriptwriter. Born in Pakistan, she has lived in Manchester (UK) since childhood and gained two Masters Degrees in English and European literature and scriptwriting. As a highly successful woman, Qaisra was recognised as one of 100 influential Pakistani women in the Pakistan Power 100 List (2012). Previously, she was nominated for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and for the
Muslim News
Awards for Excellence.
Her novels,
The Holy Woman
and
Typhoon
, have been translated into several languages.
The Holy Woman
(2001) won the Golden Jubilee Award, and has become a bestseller in Indonesia and Turkey. She has appeared in many international writers’ festivals and book fairs, including Abu Dhabi, Jaipur, Ottawa and Beijing. Her award-winning drama serial
Dil Hee To Hai
was broadcast on Pakistani Television in 2003. Qaisra’s most recent novel,
Revolt
, is published by Arcadia in 2013. She has also completed two volumes of short stories:
A Pair of Jeans
and
Train to Krakow
and is working on her fourth novel
The Henna Painter
. Several of her prize-winning short stories are published in the UK and abroad, and her work is customarily studied in schools and universities. A critical analysis of her works has been undertaken in
The Holy and the Unholy: Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s Fiction
(2011). Qaisra Shahraz has another successful career in education, as a consultant, teacher trainer and inspector.
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First published by Arcadia Books in 2001
B format edition published in 2007
Copyright © Qaisra Shahraz, 2001
Qaisra Shahraz as asserted her moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publishers.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978–1–909807–00–6
This Ebook edition published in 2013
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