Iman Verjee is a Kenyan author who has written two books and is currently based in Edmonton, Canada.[1] Verjee was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and lived there until she was 18 before moving to Canada and England.[2]
Career edit
Verjee's first novel, In Between Dreams, addresses themes of child sexual abuse and was published in May 2014 by Oneworld Publications.[3] Speaking to Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation in 2014, Verjee said she focused on the topic of sexual abuse because "it’s a terrible thing to have to happen to anyone and it’s imperative that society deals with it".[4]
Her second novel, Who Will Catch Us As We Fall, was published in 2016. It examines the culture of the Indian-Kenyans who arrived in Kenya during the colonial era,[5] focusing particularly on the tensions between Africans and Indians living in post–British imperialism Kenya. She began writing her second novel while she spent a year back in Kenya after twelve years away, after which time she observed how the city had changed in her absence.[6]
Bibliography edit
- In Between Dreams (2014)
- Who Will Catch Us as We Fall (2016)
Awards and recognition edit
Verjee is the winner of the 2012 Peters Fraser & Dunlop/City University Prize for Fiction for her novel In Between Dreams.[7]
References edit
- ^ "How leaving Nairobi (and coming back) helped Iman Verjee write her new novel". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "How leaving Nairobi (and coming back) helped Iman Verjee write her new novel". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Iman Verjee publishes her debut novel – In Between Dreams". Ismailimail. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Child sexual abuse: Inside the worlds of victim, perpetrator". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Out of Africa". The Economist. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "How leaving Nairobi (and coming back) helped Iman Verjee write her new novel". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Iman Verjee - Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD)". Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD). Retrieved 2017-04-02.