Shubnum Khan is a Durban born author and artist. Her
writing has been published widely and her first novel, Onion Tears (2011) was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing and the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize. Her essay collection, How I Accidentally Became a Stock Photo was published 2021 but just prior to the Franschhoek Literary
Festival, Beryl Eichenberger took the opportunity to talk to her about all this and her latest novel The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil.
