Shreya Sen-Handley
A CNBC and MTV journalist and producer, and East India head for Australasian Channel [V], Shreya Sen-Handley has authored three books for HarperCollins: the award-winning ‘Memoirs of My Body’ (2017), short story collection ‘Strange’ (2019), hailed by beloved Indian-English author Ruskin Bond as "masterful", and new travelogue ‘Handle with Care’ (2022), described by author and naturalist Lee Durrell as "a fabulous read...written lustrously and wittily".
A Welsh National Opera librettist, the first South Asian woman to write international opera, she has written for their film series ‘Creating Change’ (2020), and operas ‘Migrations’ (a 200-performer production touring Britain in 2022, listed by The Times as one of 50 best shows to watch this year) and ‘Blaze of Glory’ (2023). Her play ‘Quiet’ premiered in London with award-winning Tara Theatre (2021).
A columnist for National Geographic, CNN, The Guardian, and more, she also writes a syndicated newspaper column for India. Her essays can be found in anthologies, including the University of East Anglia’s ‘Writing Places’ (2019) and Hodder Education’s British secondary school English textbook, ‘Detectives’ (2020).
Her short stories and poetry have been published in award-winning anthologies, broadcast by the BBC and Australian radio, and shortlisted for prizes in Britain, India and Australia. Her poetry has also spearheaded British national social justice campaigns.
She teaches creative writing at British and Indian institutions, including the University of Cambridge, illustrates for Hachette, HarperCollins, Welsh National Opera, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, translates literature for National Literacy Trust, and commentates on BBC Radio.
A Welsh National Opera librettist, the first South Asian woman to write international opera, she has written for their film series ‘Creating Change’ (2020), and operas ‘Migrations’ (a 200-performer production touring Britain in 2022, listed by The Times as one of 50 best shows to watch this year) and ‘Blaze of Glory’ (2023). Her play ‘Quiet’ premiered in London with award-winning Tara Theatre (2021).
A columnist for National Geographic, CNN, The Guardian, and more, she also writes a syndicated newspaper column for India. Her essays can be found in anthologies, including the University of East Anglia’s ‘Writing Places’ (2019) and Hodder Education’s British secondary school English textbook, ‘Detectives’ (2020).
Her short stories and poetry have been published in award-winning anthologies, broadcast by the BBC and Australian radio, and shortlisted for prizes in Britain, India and Australia. Her poetry has also spearheaded British national social justice campaigns.
She teaches creative writing at British and Indian institutions, including the University of Cambridge, illustrates for Hachette, HarperCollins, Welsh National Opera, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, translates literature for National Literacy Trust, and commentates on BBC Radio.
