Priya Basil is a British author. Her first novel, Ishq and Mushq, was published in 2007. Ishq and Mushq is a family saga which illuminates the problem of cultural identity for immigrants over several generations, and raises questions of memory, exile and self-rediscovery. Ishq and Mushq came second in the World Book Day "Book to Talk About 2008" competition. The novel was also short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Ishq and Mushq was translated into Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, and Serbian. Ishq and Mushq was also translated into Italian: Profumo Di Spezie Proibite Her second novel, The Obscure Logic of the Heart, was published in June 2010. The Obscure Logic of the Heart expands the theme of immigration. It tells the love story between the Muslim Lina and the liberal Kenyan architecture student, Anil. Both are second-generation immigrants living in London. Due to their different backgrounds, Lina's relationship is in stark opposition to her parents' wishes, forcing her to make a choice between her family and her great love. 

March 27th, 1977 in Greater London (Age 47)