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| − | '''Shelley Silas''' | + | [[File:Shelley-Silas-cropped.jpg|thumb|Shelley Silas]]'''Shelley Silas''' (born 1959<ref name=indy />) is a playwright. She is the wife of [[Stella Duffy]]. |
| − | She was born in Calcutta, India. | + | She was born in Calcutta, India, but the family came to London when she was two and was brought up in [[Golders Green]].<ref name=indy>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/shelley-silas-and-evan-davis-share-their-coming-out-experiences-8872793.html "Shelley Silas and Evan Davis share their coming out experiences"], ''The Independent'', including extracts from ''[[It's OK to be Gay: Celebrity Coming Out Stories]]'', edited by Alison Stokes.</ref> |
In 2002, she won a Pearson award and was writer-in-residence at London's Bush Theatre. Her stage plays are published by Oberon. | In 2002, she won a Pearson award and was writer-in-residence at London's Bush Theatre. Her stage plays are published by Oberon. | ||
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She has also compiled and edited an anthology of short stories, ''12 Days'', published by Virago Press. | She has also compiled and edited an anthology of short stories, ''12 Days'', published by Virago Press. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 19 February 2017
Shelley Silas (born 1959[1]) is a playwright. She is the wife of Stella Duffy.
She was born in Calcutta, India, but the family came to London when she was two and was brought up in Golders Green.[1]
In 2002, she won a Pearson award and was writer-in-residence at London's Bush Theatre. Her stage plays are published by Oberon.
Her work for BBC Radio Four includes The Sound of Silence (short-listed for the 2003 Imison Award,[2] creating and co-writing The Magpie Stories;,[3] adapting Hanan al-Shaykh's novel Only in London and co-adapting Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet (with John Harvey).
She has also compiled and edited an anthology of short stories, 12 Days, published by Virago Press.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shelley Silas and Evan Davis share their coming out experiences", The Independent, including extracts from It's OK to be Gay: Celebrity Coming Out Stories, edited by Alison Stokes.
- ↑ "List of 2003 Imison Award finalists"
- ↑ "Magpie Stories" transmission listings.
