Faiqa Mansab is a Pakistani author. Her first novel This House of Clay and Water was published by Penguin India in 2017. It was longlisted for the Getz Pharma Literary Award and the German Consulate Peace Prize in 2018. The novel was Amazon Editor’s Pick Januwary 2018, Amazon International Women’s Fiction Pick 2018, and appeared in many must read lists in India and Pakistan. The novel has been translated into Turkish, is available as audiobook by Blackstone Publishing USA and has been optioned for screen adaptation.
Faiqa has an MFA in creative writing with a distinction and Best MFA Thesis Award from Kingston University London. She has an MA in Gender Studies from Birkbeck University London. She also holds an MA in English Literature and an MPhil in English and World Literature.

Faiqa was awarded the Amjad Chaudhry Award in Literature in 1995 Kinnaird College for Women Lahore. She was awarded the British Chevening Award in 2019 and is the recipient of the Saari Fellowship for 2024.Faiqa’s new novel The Storyteller will be out with Neem Tree Press UK and Penguin India in 2024.