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Sathnam Sanghera has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards for both his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. His Sunday Times bestselling Empireland (2021) inspired acclaimed 2-part Channel 4 documentary ‘Empire State of Mind’ and won Book of the Year at The British Book Awards. His children’s book Stolen History (2023) was a No. 1 bestseller. A fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, he is also a decorated journalist and broadcaster.