Shubnum Khan Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

Shubnum Khan Biography

Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times; McSweeney's Quarterly; HuffPost; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Sunday Times (London); Marie Claire; and others. Her first novel, Onion Tears (2011) was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing and the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize. Her essay collection, How I Accidentally Became a Stock Photo was published in South Africa and India with Pan Macmillan in 2021. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is her debut novel in the US.

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