Erika Banerji

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Erika Banerji


Erika Banerji is a prize-winning short story writer working in both long and short fiction. Drawing on her life in India and England, her work is intimate and truthful, searching for those surprising moments of grace in the most ordinary existence.

She is based in London.


LATEST NEWS

Erika Banerji is the winner of the 2025 Harpers Bazaar Short Story Competition for her story ‘Christopher’

 

Erika has been Long listed for the Bristol Short Story Prize 2025

Erika has been Long listed for the HWA Dorothy Dunnet Short Story Prize 2024

‘The Hibiscus Thief’ is now published by Fairlight Books (14 March 2024)

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THE BRIDPORT PRIZE 2020 ANTHOLOGY

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THE BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2020 ANTHOLOGY

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THE LONDON LIBRARY EMERGING WRITERS PROGRAMME 2019-2020

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