Nikesh ShuklaFRSL (born 8 July 1980) is a
British author and screenwriter. His writing focuses on race, racism, identity, and immigration. He is the editor of the 2016 collection of essays The Good Immigrant, which features contributions from
Riz Ahmed,
Musa Okwonga,
Bim Adewunmi, and
Reni Eddo-Lodge, among others.[1][2] With Chimène Suleyman, he co-edited the 2019 follow-up collection called The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect On America.[3]
Shukla is the author of three novels: Coconut Unlimited (2010),[6]Meatspace (2014)[7] and The One Who Wrote Destiny (2018) and the council of good friends(2020)
He is also the author of two books for Young Adults: Run, Riot (2018) and The Boxer (2019).
In 2017 he one of was one of the co-founders of the Jhalak Prize awarded annually to British or British resident writers of colour.[8][9][10]
Brown Baby, a memoir addressed to his young daughter, was published in 2021.[13] He hosts a podcast of the same name.[14]
Film
Shukla co-wrote the short film Two Dosas with
Sarmad Masud. It starred
Himesh Patel. After
Danny Boyle awarded the film Best Short at the 2017 Shuffle Festival,[15] Boyle cast Patel in the title role of Jack in Yesterday (2019).
Journalism
Shukla has been a columnist for The Observer's magazine supplement and The Pool.
Shukla hosted a podcast called The Subaltern podcast, in which he has conversations with writers about writing.[17] He also co-hosted a podcast called Meat Up, Hulk Out with sci-fi writer
James Smythe.[18]
Yates, Kieran; Shukla, Nikesh (2011). Summer of Unrest: Generation Vexed: What the English Riots Don't Tell Us About Our Nation's Youth. London: Vintage Digital.
ISBN978-1-448-11475-7.
Shukla, Nikesh (2013). The Time Machine. London: Galley Beggar Press.
Heuchan, Claire; Shukla, Nikesh (2018). What is Race? Who are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? And Other Big Questions. London, England:
Wayland.
ISBN978-1526303981.
Filmography
2014: Two Dosas (short film) - co-writer
2011: Kabadasses (TV series)
Honours
2010:
Costa Book Awards, first novel, short-list for Coconut Unlimited