Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh (born 20 May 1969 in Varanasi, India) is a celebrated novelist, non‑fiction writer, and public intellectual, based in London. She holds degrees from Brandeis University, JNU, and a PhD from the University of Barcelona and currently serves as Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at London Metropolitan University blogs.ucl.ac.uk+15+15Better Known+15. Singh’s literary voice spans rich fiction, essays, short stories, and cultural criticism, deeply rooted in post‑coloniality, feminist theory, and decolonizing dynamics in global storytelling londonmet.ac.uk.
Her manuscripts include critically acclaimed works such as Nani’s Book of Suicides (winner of a Spanish literary prize in 2003), With Krishna’s Eyes, and Hotel Arcadia—a sweeping literary portrait of Indian history and cinema. Her latest non‑fiction, A Bollywood State of Mind (2023), explores how Bollywood formed collective identity narratives across cultures +12+12Sunny Singh+12. In 2017, she co‑founded the Jhalak Prize, supporting literature by writers of colour in the UK, and continues to champion inclusion through her work with the Jhalak Foundation and the literary journal Jhalak Review blogs.ucl.ac.uk+11+11Sunny Singh+11.
Sunny Singh frequently shares thoughtful reflections that illuminate her beliefs in writing ethics, community, and storytelling:
“Writing is not only a creative act, but also an act of cultural production.”
“Decolonising our reading and writing requires more than platitudes on diversity … we need initiatives that resist the lure of whiteness.” WritersMosaic Magazine On creative freedom: “Go live. The writing will happen.” —advice she received early in her career and which shaped her trajectory of living in multiple countries before settling into academic and writing life
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