Saman Shad
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Saman is a freelance writer, playwright and novelist who currently resides in Sydney. Her articles have previously been published in the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/saman-shad), SBS News (http://www.sbs.com.au/news/person/saman-shad-0) and the Fairfax owned Daily Life and Essential Baby websites. She was a writer for the BBC radio drama series Silver street for almost five years. Her original radio play Cooking by Heart was broad cast on BBC radio in 2010. Her plays have been performed in various theatres around London including the Soho theatre and Hampstead theatre. Her play Lingering Voices had a run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Her short stories have appeared in a few anthologies including the Penguin Decibel Anthology - Vol 1. She hopes to one day publish a novel.