Ardashir Vakil

Ardashir Vakil was born in Bombay and lived in India up to 1980. He taught English in London comprehensive schools for twenty years. Ardashir is a Mumbai-born novelist, poet and short story writer who has published two award-winning novels – Beach Boy (Penguin, 1998) One Day (Penguin, 2003). His stories have been anthologized, read on the radio and published in journals. His most recent short story ‘Laptop’ featured in the Fall issue (2017) of The Iowa Review. He is at work on a novel set in Mumbai. Since 2006 he has been a Lecturer (now a Senior Lecturer) in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, teaching BA, MA, Mphil and PhD students. He started a flagship MA with the Education Department at Goldsmiths called ‘Creative Writing with Education’ which brings together his skills and experiences as a teacher and a writer. Several of his articles on pedagogy and practical advice for teachers and students of Creative Writing have been published by the International Journal of English Teaching, Changing English: Studies In Culture and Education.