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Date of Birth
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20-October-1967
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Place of Birth
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Dhaka
(Bangladesh, Dhaka District, Greater Dhaka Area)
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Nationality
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Bangladesh, United Kingdom
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Profession
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Writer, Author, Novelist
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Monica Ali is a Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist. In 2003 she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name.
She has published three additional novels.
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