Mischa Hiller

Mischa Hiller (born 1962, England) is a British novelist. His novel Sabra Zoo won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book prize, presented in Sydney, Australia in May 2011.^[1]

Personal life

He grew up in Durham, London, Brighton, Beirut, and Dar es Salaam. He lives in Cambridge.^[2] Mischa Hiller suffers from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, diagnosed in 2006 after ten years of illness.^[3]

Works

• Sabra Zoo, Telegram Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84659-077-1
  • Fuga dall'inferno. Una storia palestinese, Translator S. Montis, Newton Compton, 2010, ISBN 978-88-541-2134-8
• Shake Off, Telegram Books, 13 September 2011, ISBN 978-1-84659-088-7

Reviews

• Maya Jaggi (19 February 2011). "Shake Off by Mischa Hiller – review". The Guardian.
• Lucy Popesc (23 February 2011). "Shake Off, By Mischa Hiller". The Independent.
• Ina Friedman (3 April 2011). "Suspense / Knowing the enemy". Haaretz.

References

1. "2011 prize: final programme". Commonwealth Foundation. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.
2. Short story and poetry competition. The Bridport Prize (17 January 1978). Retrieved on 10 August 2011.
3. Mischa Hiller (8 December 2014) [2011]. "Why I turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival". Medium. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

External links

• Author's website
• Sabra Zoo website
• "Review and author interview: Sabra Zoo – Mischa Hiller", A Common Reader, 12 February 2010
• "A novelist goes undercover", The Saudi Gazette, Susannah Tarbush