The author has won many prizes and awards both for her fiction and non-fiction writing. These include the following: Winner of NAWG Annual Best Short Story Award 2003, Writers' Forum Magazine Short Story Prize 2004, BBC Southern Counties Short Story Award 2006, Writers’ News Short Story Competition in 2003, The New Writer Essay/Article Prize 2004, and the Writers’ Forum Feature Writing competition in 2004. She was short-listed for Bristol Prize in 2008.In her works Irene is interested in examining the subject of cultural identity, She herself come from a culturally diverse background, with family spread across the world - Britain, Thailand, Laos, the USA, Germany, France, Israel, Sri Lanka, Mexico and Australia. Irene aims to make her fiction accessible, exciting and with more than a touch of suspense and romance.
Irene Black is a British writer with a multicultural background. At various times she has been a psychologist and a teacher and has lived in the USA, Australia and India. In 2006, she gained her MA dissertation on South Indian temples. She has won a number of national and international prizes for short stories, poetry and articles, including the 2003 National Association of Writers' Groups Annual Best Short Story award. This is her first novel.
I challenge anyone to put this book down. ... The Moon's Complexion's combination of cliff-hangers and carefully-observed descriptions of Indian traditions, food, temples and landscapes becomes utterly irresistible. The whole novel pulsates with Black's love of India; the author has recently completed an MA on South Indian temple architecture, and her academic interests work their way quietly into the novel, providing a well-studied backdrop to the action. A thoroughly unusual novel that will appeal to anyone who's interested in India or just enjoys a skilfully constructed page-turner. Sophia Furber, Editor; Review in The London Student Newspaper January 2006
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