To read my other writings check
out my blog http://timmurari.blogspot.com
My first job was a reporter on the
Kingston Whig Standard, in Kingston, Ontario, but
I was fired because of my colour when a new editor
took over. He was frank. He said my presence in the
newsroom disturbed him. I went to London and worked
and wrote for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and other
newspapers and magazines before moving to New York..
My first novel, The
Marriage, was published in the UK and India.
Since then, I’ve written 17 books which have
been translated into several languages. Thirteen are
works of fiction, including the best seller TAJ
that was translated into 19 languages which Penguin
India re-issued. THE SMALL HOUSE, a novel, was published
in 2007. In April 2008, Penguin published my new non-fiction
work LIMPING TO THE CENTRE OF
THE WORLD, A journey to Mount Kailas. This
is about the hardest pilgrimage in the world to the
sacred mountain in a remote corner of Tibet.
Penguin India has reissued THE
LAST VICTORY. This is the sequel to the IMPERIAL
AGENT, reissued last year. The complex adventure
story of Kimbal O’Hara takes you through Indian
history from 1900 to 1917.
Currently, I’m working a new
novel set in Kabul in 2000 when the Taliban ruled
Afghanistan. The narrator is a young woman who finds
her life in great danger, and has to escape the obsessive
love of a Taliban leader.
I’ve completed Book One of
my sweeping adventure trilogy in which a magical black
dog and six teenage children have to seek the help
of Isaac Newton, Einstein, Alexander the Great, among
others, and enter a parallel universe, to find the
key that will send the evil Gondwana kingdom, released
from the deep by a massive earthquake, back down to
the bottom.
Last year Scholastic published my
new work of fiction, a young adult novel, CHILDREN
OF THE ENCHANTED JUNGLE. A story of orphaned
children living in the jungle who join forces with
all animals, birds and reptiles to protect their home
from destruction.
I wrote and produced the
Award winning film THE
SQUARE CIRCLE. It was
shown in many film festivals, including London, Toronto,
Melbourne and Oslo. TIME
magazine voted it ‘one of the ten best films
of the year’. And quote: The coming of age of
the young woman is limned with wit and affection.
Hats off to screenwriter Timeri Murari.Unquote It
opened in London at the Curzon, Shaftsbury Avenue.
All the broadsheets gave it very good reviews.
In 1999, I adapted and directed it as a stage
play for the Leicester
Haymarket Theatre, an
exciting experience. Parminder
K. Nagra of ‘Bend
it Like Beckham’ fame played the main lead.
I now live in my ancestral house with my wife
and dogs, and play tennis. I also write a bi-monthly
column for the New Sunday
Express.
In 2002, I was given the ‘R.K. Narayan
Award’ for my novels and for my work in cinema
and theatre.
Website: www.timerimurari.com.
My email. tnmurari@hotmail.com
