Shelley Silas
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Shelley Silas was born in Calcutta, India.
Her plays include Mercy Fine, Calcutta Kosher, Falling, Shrapnel. Her plays for BBC Radio Four include creating and co-writing The Magpie Stories, The Sound of Silence (short-listed for an Imison Award), Calcutta Kosher, Ink, Collective Fascination and Nothing Happened (with Luke Sorba). She adapted Hanan al-Shaykh's novel Only in London and co-adapted Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet (with John Harvey). She compiled and edited an anthology of short stories, 12 Days, published by Virago. Her new play Made in Glasgow will be produced by Tamasha Theatre in 2008. Her stage plays are published by Oberon.
