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Ashok Ferrey (born 1957) is a Sri Lankan writer of literary fiction.
Biography
Ferrey was born in Colombo in 1957, raised in East Africa, educated at a Benedictine monastery school at Worth Abbey, and studied pure mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford. Following his graduation, he lived in London as a building developer during the Thatcher years before turning to write fiction.
He is the author of seven novels, five of which have been nominated for the Gratiaen Prize, Sri Lanka's literary award, founded by Michael Ondaatje. His latest novel, The Unmarriageable Man won the Gratiaen Prize in 2021. His book, The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons, was also longlisted for the DSC Prize.
Bibliography
2003 — Colpetty People
2007 — The Good Little Ceylonese Girl
2009 — Serendipity
2012 — Love in the Tsunami
2016 — The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons
2017 — The Professional
2021 — The Unmarriageable Man
2021 — 100 Ways to Write a Book - 100 authors in conversation with Alex Pearl about their backgrounds, motivations and working methods
References
External links
Publisher's website
Podcast interview