Preti Taneja
Preti Taneja FRSL is a British writer, screenwriter and educator. She is currently professor of world literature and creative writing at
Newcastle University. Her first novel, ''We That Are Young'', won the
Desmond Elliott Prize and was shortlisted for several awards, including the
Republic of Consciousness Prize, the
Prix Jan Michalski, and the
Shakti Bhatt Prize. In 2005, a film she co-wrote was shortlisted for the
Palme d'Or at the
Cannes Film Festival. Taneja's second book, ''Aftermath'', is an account of the
2019 London Bridge terror attack, and describes her knowledge of the victims, as well as her experience having previously taught the perpetrator of the attacks in a prison education programme. It won the
Gordon Burn Prize for 2022.
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