Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read woman writer in Turkey. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. From her Q&A with Kate Kellaway at the Guardian:You were born in Strasbourg, raised by a single mother – how did this affect you? It had a huge impact. I didn’t see my father much. I met my two half-brothers in my mid-20s. I had to deal