Between the clock and the story
Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel, The Collaborator, was an international bestseller, a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.
His second novel, The Book of Gold Leaves, was published in 2014 to critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 and longlisted for the Folio Prize. It was also a finalist for the 2015 Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year. His third novel, Tell Her Everything, was nominated for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 and Tata Literature Live Book of the Year. It won the Hindu Prize for Fiction 2019. Tell Her Everything will be published in the US and the UK in February 2023.