Rahila gupta biography of abraham

About me

I was born in London but whisked away at the tender age of five months to be looked after by an aunt in India until my parents came back 18 months later. I returned at the age of 19 &#; with a brief sojourn between the ages of 11 and 13 for a taster experience of comprehensive schools &#; and have lived here ever since.

London is more in my bloodstream than I care to admit.

In , I gave up my day job, managing the publications department at Shelter, and opted for a writer&#;s life, financially precarious though it is. I learned enough about design, typesetting, layout and editing at Outwrite Women&#;s newspaper and then at Shelter, along with the odd training course, to take on print and publication of books, magazines, posters, leaflets to provide me with an alternative income stream.

I was writer in residence at Bromley by Bow Centre from and a Royal Literary Fellow attached to Queen Mary College, University of London from and again from

Voluntary work

Became pat