Leila Aboulela

Leila Aboulela is the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Her novels include The Kindness of Enemies , The Translator (long-listed for the Orange Prize), Minaret , Lyrics Alley , and Elsewhere, Home , which won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Leila Aboulela is the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Her novels include The Kindness of Enemies , The Translator (long-listed for the Orange Prize), Minaret , Lyrics Alley , and Elsewhere, Home , which won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. See less