Roopa farooki biography of rory and dean

She received the John C. Laurence prize in , in recognition of her multicultural writing, and has been awarded an Arts Council Award. Her books have been published internationally and translated into several languages. They inspired me to write a story about brave, brown girls who save the day and solve crimes with their medical-know-how.

A memoir of being in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent.

I think that doctors and detectives and writers have something in common. We all want to know what makes people tick, and we work that out by following the clues. Roopa was awarded the Junior Doctor Leadership Prize in We'd all worked so hard together throughout the pandemic, and I was glad that my work had made a difference, especially by putting in place a new ward round strategy to minimise infection risk to our staff and patients.

Writing is just a natural part of my day for me, like eating or sleeping. I think I write because I must, and so I always found a few minutes to write at the end of the day, especially after a horrendous shift; it's cathartic, and feels more useful than crashing in front of the television, or doom-scrolling online. And I've tried to encourage my Oxford Masters students as much as I can; they sometimes feel their work in the Arts is less relevant, but I strongly feel that while doctors save lives, the Arts make life worth living.

It is how we learn to empathise, and are entertained in our lonely homes; their work is important to us all. Roopa is currently working on a non-fiction illustrated series of books about the body for younger readers. She is also writing a memoir on mortality, motherhood, medicine and grief, written in the early stages of the pandemic, which will be released by Bloomsbury Publishing later this year.

St George's taught me how to care for the whole person, and I use these lessons all the time. I really think it's the best medical school we have, although I guess I would say that!