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Elif Shafak<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She has published 19 books, 12 of which are novels. She is a bestselling author in many countries around the world and her work has been translated into 55 languages. Her 2019 novel\u00a010 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World<\/em>\u00a0was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and was Blackwell\u2019s Book of the Year.\u00a0The Forty Rules of Love<\/em>\u00a0was chosen by BBC among the 100 Novels that Shaped Our World.\u00a0The Architect\u2019s Apprentice<\/em>\u00a0was chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall\u2019s inaugural book club, The Reading Room. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne’s College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She also holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bard College.<\/p>\n

Shafak is a Fellow and a Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature. She was a member of Weforum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations). An advocate for women’s rights, \u00a0LGBTQ+ rights and freedom of expression, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice TED Global speaker. Shafak contributes to major publications around the world and she was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people \u201cwho will give you a much needed lift of the heart\u201d. 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