Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and grew up between Syria and Pakistan. She is the author of five previous books of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, was long listed for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and the memoir about her father’s life and assassination, Songs of Blood and Sword, was published to acclaim. Her most recent book is New Kings of the World, an examination of globalisation and popular culture. The Runaways is her second novel. It was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
She graduated from Barnard, New York City, with a degree in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and has a master’s in South Asian Government and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @fbhutto.
