Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi (born 5 December 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the screenplay for Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), earning Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Buddha of Suburbia (1990), which was adapted into a four-part BBC drama series. Following a spinal injury in 2022, he wrote Shattered (2024) to wide acclaim. The book was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography.