Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of seventeen books, eleven of which are novels, including Three Daughters of Eve and The Bastard of Istanbul. Her work has been translated into more than forty languages and she regularly contributes to the New York Times, the Guardian, and Politico. She has held various teaching positions in the U.S. and the UK, most recently at Oxford University, and lives with her family in London.