Elif Shafak: 'In Turkey, men write and women read. I want to see this change'
The bestselling Turkish writer on her wildly mixed readership, escaping pigeonholes, and why she writes all her novels twice
Born in 1971, Elif Shafak is the author of eight novels and is Turkey's most widely read woman writer. Her work has been translated into 30 languages and she was awarded the honorary distinction of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. She divides her time between Istanbul and London. Her latest novel is Honour.
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