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Kishwar Desai’s debut novel Witness the Night was the winner of the 2010 Costa First Novel Award. The judges said that she ‘pulls off a remarkable trick, in transplanting a country house murder to modern day India in a book that’s not afraid to tackle serious themes’. Featuring the feisty Simran Singh, the novel is the first book of a series. It was also shortlisted for the Authors' Club (UK) award and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Moni Mohsin is the author of the best-selling The Diary of a Social Butterfly, based on her popular column in Pakistan’s The Friday Times, and The End of Innocence. Her new novel Tender Hooks is a delightful romp through Pakistani high society, which makes you laugh and wince at the same time as it cleverly exposes the gulf between the heroine’s glitteringly shallow life and the country that is falling apart around her Louboutin-clad feet. Kishwar and Moni will be discussing their latest work in conversation with journalist and writer Anita Sethi.