Shamim Sarif

Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and director. \nHer new book, The Athena Protocol, is an all-female contemporary action thriller that will be released by Harper Collins in October 2019 as the first in a Young Adult series. The book is currently being developed as a film franchise. \nHer debut novel, The World Unseen, was inspired by her family’s South African Indian heritage. The book won a Betty Trask award and the Pendleton May First Novel award. \nShamim has adapted and directed the films of all three of her novels including, most recently, Despite the Falling Snow. The book was published by Headline in the UK and St Martin’s Press in the US. The movie stars Rebecca Ferguson and Charles Dance in a story of love and betrayal in cold war Russia. Her films have won 47 awards internationally.\nShamim’s third novel, I Can’t Think Straight, formed the basis of her cult hit film of the same name. \nShamim’s book festival appearances include Hay-on-Wye, Cheltenham and Edinburgh. \nShamim’s next film project is Polarized; a contemporary love story between two women from very different sides of small town America. She is also adapting the screenplay for The Athena Protocol and working on a musical of I Can’t Think Straight.\nAn accomplished speaker, Shamim has spoken at TED events worldwide, at the INK Conference in India and DLD in Munich. Corporate speaking events have included Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Disney.\nShamim lives in London with her wife, Hanan, and their two sons and spends much time in Canada where she is also resident.\n