Nikita Lalwani

1973–

Indian-born British novelist and screenwriter. Born in Kota, Rajasthan, she grew up in Cardiff and studied English at the University of Bristol, later working as a director of documentaries and factual programmes for BBC television. Her debut, Gifted (2007), follows Rumi Vasi, a mathematically gifted Cardiff schoolgirl whose father drives her towards a place at Oxford; it won the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize, and she gave the prize money to the campaign group Liberty. Later novels are The Village and You People. She has also co-written episodes of The Outlaws. Gifted was longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize.

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