Huma Qureshi is a British author and former ''Guardian'' and ''Observer'' journalist.

Career

Qureshi's coming-of-age memoir How We Met: A Memoir Of Love and Other Misadventures was published to favourable reviews in 2021, by Elliott & Thompson. Qureshi's short story collection Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love was also published to critical acclaim in 2021, by Sceptre after a four-way auction. It was chosen as ''The Guardians Book of The Day, described by ''The Sunday Times'' as "An impressive debut" and the i newspaper as "a luscious debut". Qureshi's first book, In Spite of Oceans, received The John C Laurence Award. In 2020, Huma won the Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize.

Early life and education

Qureshi was born in the UK to Pakistani parents and brought up in the West Midlands. She attended

King Edward VI High School For Girls King Edward VI High School for Girls ''(KEHS)'' () is an independent secondary school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It was founded in 1883. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham and occupies the same ...

, Edgbaston, Birmingham and graduated with a BA in English Literature and French from The University of Warwick, followed by an MA from

Sciences Po Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

, the Paris Institute of Political Studies and Kings College London. She got her first break at ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...

'', where she was offered a job as a reporter after having worked as an intern for three months. She wrote for The Observer and The Guardian for several years before leaving to go freelance.

Personal life

Qureshi is married with three sons. She wrote about her childhood, upbringing and marriage in her memoir, How We Met. She lives in London.

Works

* Playing Games (2023, Sceptre) * Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love (2021, Sceptre) * How We Met: A Memoir Of Love and Other Misadventures (2021, Elliott & Thompson) * In Spite of Oceans (2014, History Press)

Awards and recognition

Literary Awards :*2022 – The Edge Hill Prize (Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love - longlist) :*2022 – The Jhalak Prize (Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love - longlist) :*2022 – Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Prize (How We Met - shortlist) :*2020 – Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize (winner) :*2020 – SI Leeds Literary Prize (Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love - shortlist) :*2020 – Bricklane Bookshop Short Story Award (shortlist) :*2019 – Benedict Kiely Short Story Award (shortlist + second place) :*2014 – The Authors' Foundation, John C Laurence Award (In Spite of Oceans) Journalism Awards :*2008 – Women of the Future Media Awards (Commended) :*2008 – Finalist in the Prince of Wales Mosaic Talent awards (Arts, Culture and Media category) :*2007 – Most Promising Newcomer at the BIBA press awards.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qureshi, Huma Living people British women short story writers Writers from London 21st-century British short story writers 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers Year of birth missing (living people) British journalists Alumni of the University of Warwick