Sharon Duggal

Sharon Duggal writes novels and short stories.

​Her second novel, Should We Fall Behind (2020), published by Bluemoose Books, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's 2021 Encore Award for best second novel, selected for Between the Covers, BBC television's flagship book show, and chosen as a Prima Magazine Book of the Year. Her debut, The Handsworth Times was The Morning Star’s Fiction Book of the Year 2016 and selected as Brighton City Reads 2017. 

Her short fiction appears in anthologies including The Book of Birmingham and Love Bites: Fiction Inspired by Pete Shelley and Buzzcocks. Sharon is one half of Radio Reverb's long-running The Ruben & Sharon Show - the UK's only regular radio show with a mum and son presenter team.