Amir Tag Elsir, who was born in the north of Sudan in 1960, currently lives in Doha, Qatar. He has published two biographies, a poetry collection, and ten novels. He studied medicine in Egypt and Great Britain and worked for many years in Sudan as a gynecologist before moving his practice to Qatar. He began by writing poetry but shifted to novels in 1987. Among his novels are The Dowry of Cries, The Copt’s Worries, French Perfume, and Crawling Ants. His novel Sa’id al-Yaraqat was shortlisted for the Arab Booker Prize in 2010 and published by Pearson in the African Writers Series as The Grub Hunter in 2012.
