Monica Ali

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Bangladeshi-British author whose debut novel Brick Lane was short-listed for the Man Booker prize in 2003. It gives a controversial portrayal of a young Bangladeshi who immigrates to London to marry a much older man. She becomes enmeshed in the conflicting religious and political viewpoints espoused by her husband and neighbours while trying to become accustomed to an alien culture. Ali isn’t one to flinch from controversy, however. Her latest novel Untold Story raised an outcry because it depicts an alternate life for a fictional princess who very obviously resembles Diana and who doesn’t die in a Parisian tunnel.