Sairish Hussain was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Huddersfield and progressed onto an MA in Creative Writing. Sairish completed her PhD in 2019 after being awarded the university’s Vice-Chancellors Scholarship. Her debut novel, The Family Tree, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards and the Authors Club Best First Novel Award. She is now writing her second book.

I absolutely loved speaking with Sairish in this episode. We talk about the importance of good representation, positive role-models, writing and all about the wonderful characters in The Family Tree.

Buy The Family Tree here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5890/9780008297480

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