Roopa farooki biography of martin

PERSONAL:

Born 1974, in Lahore, Pakistan; moved with family to London, England, during childhood; married; children: two.

Farooki, Roopa 1974– - Encyclopedia.com

Education: Graduated from New College, Oxford, 1995.

ADDRESSES:

Home—North London, England; France. Agent—Gillon Aitken Associates, 18-21 Cavaye Pl., London SW10 9PT, England.

CAREER:

Writer. Worked for several years in advertising in Great Britain at JWT and Saatchi & Saatchi companies; full-time writer, 2004—.

WRITINGS:

Bitter Sweets (novel), St.

Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2007.

Corner Shop (novel), Pan MacMillan (London, England), 2008, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2009.

SIDELIGHTS:

Roopa Farooki is a novelist who was born in Pakistan but moved to England with her family when she was just an infant. Raised in London, she studied at Oxford and worked in advertising for several years.

She was associated with prestigious accounts such as Rolex, Hewlett-Packard, and Shell Oil. In 2004, she left her advertisi Roopa Farooki - Wikipedia NECU