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Elif Shafak

The Most-Read Female Author in Turkey; Award-Winning Author

The Most-Read Female Author in Turkey; Award-Winning Author

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Elif Shafak Biography

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published eighteen books, eleven of which are novels, including the bestselling "The Bastard of Istanbul," "The Forty Rules of Love," and "Three Daughters of Eve." Her work has been translated into over fifty languages. She is published by Penguin/Random House and represented by Curtis Brown globally. She was awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. Her latest novel, "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and chosen as Blackwell’s Book of the Year. Her previous novel, The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by BBC among 100 Novels that Shaped Our World.

Shafak is also a political scientist and an academic. She holds a degree in International Relations, a masters’ degree in Gender and Women’s Studies and a PhD in Political Science and Political Philosophy. She has taught at various universities in Turkey, the UK and the USA, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow.

Shafak is a member of Weforum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations). An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED Global speaker, each time receiving a standing ovation.

Shafak has been featured in and contributes to major newspapers and periodicals around the world, including the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel and La Repubblica. She has been longlisted for the Orange Prize, MAN Asian Prize; the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award, and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize

She judged numerous prestigious literary prizes, including Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2013); Sunday Times Short Story Award (2014, 2015), Women of the Future Awards (2015); FT/Oppenheimer Funds Emerging Voices Awards (twice in 2015, 2016); Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (2016); Man Booker International Prize (2017) and The Goldsmiths Prize (2018). This year Shafak is judging the Berggruen Culture and Philosophy Prize, and chairs the Wellcome Book Prize.

Elif Shafak Speaking Topics

  • Black Milk

  • The Forty Rules of Love

  • The Bastard of Istanbul

  • The Saint of Incipient Insanities

  • The Politics of Fiction

Elif Shafak Videos

  • Multiculturalism, the power of stories and making the political personal
  • The revolutionary power of diverse thought | Elif Shafak
  • DLDwomen14 - Interview Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak Books

  • 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
    10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
  • Three Daughters of Eve
    Three Daughters of Eve
  • Honor: A Novel
    Honor: A Novel
  • The Flea Palace
    The Flea Palace
  • Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood
    Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood
  • Forty Rules of Love
    Forty Rules of Love

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Elif Shafak is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Black Milk, The Forty Rules of Love, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Saint of Incipient Insanities and The Politics of Fiction. The estimated speaking fee range to book Elif Shafak for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Elif Shafak generally travels from LondonUK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erin Gruwell, Reshma Saujani, Anna Holmes, Joyce Maynard and Temple Grandin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Elif Shafak for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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