Romesh Gunesekera was born in Sri Lanka and has lived in Britain since the early 1970s. His first novel Reef was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. He is also the author of The Sandglass, and Heaven’s Edge which like his collection of stories, Monkfish Moon, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His fourth novel The Match, was described by the Spectator as ‘effortlessly accomplished.’

He contributes to the graduate writing programme at Goldsmiths College, and has been a judge for a number of prizes including the David Cohen British Literature Prize, the Caine Prize for African writing and the Forward Poetry Prize. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2004 and joined the Council this year.

Romesh’s most recent event was A Flow of Words. 

For Romesh’s own words on his Residency, please visit his Somerset House blog.

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