MY NOVEL
2021 Novel Pick: Foyles, Daily Mail, Irish Times, Cosmopolitan and Eastern Eye.
The story is set amidst the 1972 expulsion of the Ugandan Asians by brutal ruler Idi Amin, when recently married Asha and her family are forced to leave everything behind except the devastating secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
Kololo Hill is my first novel and will be published by Picador on 18th Feb 2021 in hardback, audiobook and e-book (UK and Commonwealth).
Available to pre-order from Amazon, Waterstones, Hive, Foyles, WH Smiths and many other bookshops now.
‘An impressive, confident debut about family and survival, against the backdrop of a history that is not written about often enough.’
Nikesh Shukla
‘Devastatingly beautiful . . . every sentence is a revelation.’
Nikita Gill, author of The Girl and the Goddess
PRIZES FOR KOLOLO HILL
Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Live 2017 winner
Bath Novel Prize 2018 shortlist
DGA First Novel Prize 2018 2nd prize
York Festival of Writing Best Opening Chapter 2017 runner-up
Exeter Novel Prize 2018 longlist
SI Leeds Literary Prize 2018 longlist
Retreat Novel Prize 2018 longlist
There’s more about my novel on my blog, including the inspiration and history behind the story so do check it out.