Award-winning author Monica Ali.A main street in Bolton, Ali’s hometown after she moved from Dhaka.Ali graduated from Wadham College, Oxford University with a degree in PPE.Monica Ali with her two children, Shumi and Felix.The book cover for Ali’s first novel, Brick Lane.A still from the film adaptation of Ali’s novel.Ali’s second novel, Alentejo Blue, was set in this idyllic Portuguese town where Ali owns a holiday home.Book cover for Ali’s third novel, In the Kitchen.Ali speaks at the Oxford Union Society “People who shape our world” on “immigration of good for Britain”.