Koushik Banerjea Author

Koushik Banerjea is a London-based writer and novelist. His debut novel, Another Kind of Concrete, was published in 2020 by Jacaranda Books. His second novel, Category Unknown, was published by London Books in 2022. Animal Nightlife won 2nd Prize in the 2023 Novel London Literary Competition. His short stories and poetry have appeared in multiple magazines including Minor Literatures, Writers Resist and Razur Cuts and have been finalists for the London Independent Story Prize 2025, the REIGN Prize 2025 and the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest 2024.  He was a youth worker, journalist and DJ before embarking upon his first two novels, written while he was the sole carer for his late mother.