![]() ![]() After studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she stumbled, semi-intentionally, into life aboard a boat, upon which she set off to explore the world. Stephanie spent much of her childhood running around the hills of north-west England, and wishing she could somehow fall into the worlds of her favourite books. Dandy Paws the Highway Lion – Stephanie Sorrell Varsha’s shortlisted novel, Adjay and the Mumbai Rail Times, follows a twelve-year-old railway kid in contemporary India who, together with his friends, starts a newspaper on an abandoned printing press. She has also taught English as a foreign language in Japan and Canada, and often draws on her travels in her writing. A former Solicitor, she is now an English Language and Literature teacher. She has had non-fiction articles published in Legal Week, Legal Week Global, the on-line edition of economia, the on-line edition of Harper’s Bazaar, and the Times Education Supplement. ![]() Varsha loves books that blend humour and story and has always wanted to be a writer. ![]() Congratulations, all! Drumroll please … Adjay and the Mumbai Rail Times – Varsha Shah So, without further ado, here are our shortlisted authors, a little bit about them and an elevator pitch on the shortlisted books. ![]() The longlist was incredibly strong this year, so it was no mean feat to pick the top five. The moment is finally here! We’re delighted to announce the five manuscripts on the 2020 Times/Chicken House shortlist – squee! – and, of course, they’re a very special bunch. ![]()
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