Sunny Singh (writer)


Sunny Singh is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at London Metropolitan University.

Early life and education

Sunny Singh was born in Varanasi, India. Her father's work with the government meant that the family regularly moved, living in various cantonments and outposts including Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Along and Teju. The family also followed her father's assignments abroad, living in Pakistan, United States and Namibia.
Singh attended Brandeis University where she majored in English and American Literature. She holds a master's degree in Spanish Language, Literature and Culture from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and a PhD from the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Career

Singh worked as a journalist and management executive in Mexico, Chile, and South Africa before returning to India in 1995 to focus on writing. She worked as a freelance writer and journalist until 2002 in New Delhi, publishing her first two books in that period. She moved to Barcelona in 2002 to work on her PhD and published her second novel in 2006.
Before her appointment as Professor in 2020, Singh was Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Creative Writing at the London Metropolitan University.
Singh is the current Chairperson of the Authors' Club. In 2016, Singh co-founded the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour. The award supports British writers with a one-thousand pound prize. It was initiated by Singh, Nikesh Shukla and Media Diversified, with support from The Authors’ Club and funds donated by an anonymous benefactor. Judges of the prize include Nikesh Shukla, Anita Sethi, Kerry Young, and Roy McFarlane. Previous winners include Guy Gunaratne, Reni Eddo-Lodge, and Jacob Ross.

Literary works

Singh has published three novels, two non-fiction books and numerous short stories and essays.
Singh's debut novel, Nani's Book of Suicides, won the Mar De Letras Prize in Spain in 2003. Her latest novel, Hotel Arcadia, was published by Quartet Books.

Books

Singh lives in London.