Susheila Nasta

Susheila Nasta is Professor of Modern Literature at the Open University, UK, and a renowned critic, broadcaster and literary activist. Editor of Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing, which she founded in 1984, she has published widely on South Asian Britain. Recent toon meer publications include Home Truths: Fictions of the South Asian Diaspora (Palgrave, 2002) and Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk. A photographic history of South Asian Britain is forthcoming in 2013. Before joining the OU, she worked at the universities of London and Cambridge and held several research fellowships overseas. She received an MBE for her services to Black and Asian Literature in 2011. toon minder