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Preti Taneja(2018)

Preti Taneja was born in England to Indian parents. She has worked with youth charities and with refugees, and in conflict and post-conflict zones on minority and cultural rights. She now teaches writing in prisons and universities. She is the co-founder of the advocacy collective ERA Films, and of Visual Verse, an online anthology of art and words. We That Our Young is her first novel. It has been shortlisted for several awards and just won the Desmond Elliot Prize for the UK’s best debut of the year.