Bina Shah

Bina Shah is one of a handful of writers in Pakistan who have made their mark in English fiction. She began her career as an IT journalist in 1996 when she became Features Editor of the Pakistani edition of Computerworld. In 1998 she moved on to join Pakistan’s first Internet magazine Spider as its editor. At the same time, she began to contribute freelance articles to Pakistani publications such as Libas and The Friday Times.

To compliment her love of writing with her love of technology, she also began to write for the well-known South Asian web site Chowk and was made a regular columnist there in 2003.

Always one for multitasking, Bina began to write her first collection of short stories, Animal Medicine, which was published in 1999 by Oxford University Press. The collection, aimed at younger readers, contained stories about young Pakistanis and their relationships with figures in the animal world. This slim volume was hailed for its experimental nature and became popular both with adults and children alike.

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