Telepathy

A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

AMIR TAG ELSIR, who was born in the north of Sudan in 1960, currently lives in Doha, Qatar. He has published two biographies, a poetry collection, and fifteen novels. He studied medicine in Egypt and Great Britain and worked for many years in Sudan as a gynecologist before moving his practice to Qatar. He began by writing poetry but shifted to novels in 1987. Among his novels are Ebola ’76, The Yelling Dowry, The Copt’s Worries, French Perfume, and Crawling Ants. His novel Sa’id al-Yaraqat was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2010 and published by Pearson in the African Writers Series as The Grub Hunter in 2012. His novel 366 was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014, and he works as a mentor for creative writing students. English translations of his novels French Perfume (Antibookclub) and Ebola ’76 (Darf Publishing) are scheduled for release in 2015. Tag Elsir is the nephew of the beloved and distinguished Sudanese author Tayeb Salih.