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'''Ardashir Vakil''' is an author whose [[debut novel|first novel]], ''[[Beach Boy]]'', won the [[Betty Trask Award]] in 1997 and was shortlisted for the [[1997 Whitbread Awards|Whitbread First Novel Award]].<ref name="Ganesan">{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2010/2/26/lifebookshelf/5549884&sec=lifebookshelf |title=Having the write stuff |last=Ganesan |first=Sharmilla |date=26 February 2010 |work=Malaysia Star |archivedate=28 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wq2v8ZzI?url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F2%2F26%2Flifebookshelf%2F5549884&sec=lifebookshelf |url-status=dead }}</ref> His second novel, ''One Day'' was shortlisted for the [[Encore Award]].<br />
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Born in [[Bombay]] and educated at [[The Doon School]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=49645|title=Twenty four hours with Ardashir|last=Chandra|first=Aparna|date=19 April 2003|work=Express India|archivedate=6 May 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030506142948/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=49645}}</ref> and [[University of Cambridge]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://literature.britishcouncil.org/ardashir-vakil |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606011136/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/ardashir-vakil |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he has lived in [[London]] since 1997 with his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970819/23150893.html |title=Face-off with Ardashir Vakil |last=Kalhra |first=Nonita |date=19 August 1997 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |archivedate=28 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wq40DH8Q?url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970819/23150893.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He teaches Creative Writing at [[Goldsmiths, University of London]].<ref name="Ganesan" /><br />
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==Works==<br />
*{{cite book|title=Beach Boy|year=1998|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-85299-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/beachboy00vaki_0}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=One Day|year=2003|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|isbn=978-0-241-14132-8}}<br />
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