About Priya Sharma
Born 1971. Priya Sharma is a British novelist and short story writer.
Priya Sharma (born 30 December 1971) is a British fantasy and horror short story writer and novelist. Her works have won the British Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and World Fantasy Award.
Personal life Sharma was born to an Indian father and an Anglo-Indian mother and grew up in North West England. She gained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at medical school and works full-time as a general practitioner on the Wirral Peninsula.
Awards and honors
Year Work Award Category Result Ref. 2015 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novelette 2016 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction 2018 All the Fabulous Beasts Shirley Jackson Award Best Single-Author Collection 2019 British Fantasy Award Best Collection Locus Award Best Collection Ormeshadow Shirley Jackson Award Best Novella British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction 2022 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Foreign Short fiction Pomegranates Shirley Jackson Award Best Novella 2023 British Fantasy Award Best Novella World Fantasy Award Novella 2025 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction
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Who is Priya Sharma?
British author
When was Priya Sharma born?
Priya Sharma was born on 30 December 1971.
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Priya Sharma is a novelist and short story writer.
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Priya Sharma is British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Priya Sharma (author)
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