Tahmima Anam (born 8 October 1975) is a Bangladeshi writer, novelist and columnist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray in 2007 and was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. In 2013 she was included in the Granta list of 20 best young writers.
TahmimaΓÇÖs first novel, ΓÇÿA Golden AgeΓÇÖ was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Prize, and was the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. The follow up novel ΓÇÿThe Good MuslimΓÇÖ was nominated for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.

* A Golden Age

A Golden Age is the first novel of the Bangladesh born writer Tahmima Anam. It tells the story of the Bangladesh War of Independence through the eyes of one family. The novel was awarded the prize for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2008. It was also shortlisted for the 2007 Guardian First Book Award. The first chapter of the novel appeared in the January 2007 edition of Granta magazine.

Rehana Haque, a young widow, blissfully prepares for the party she will host for her son and daughter. But this is 1971 in East Pakistan, and change is in the air.

Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution; of hope, faith, and unexpected heroism in the midst of chaosΓÇöand of one woman's heartbreaking struggle to keep her family safe.

* The Good Muslim

"Delicate, heart-wrenching and poetic, this is a novel of great poise and power." --Tash Aw, author of "The Harmony Silk Factory" 
Set in Bangladesh at a time when Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise, "The Good Muslim" is an epic story about faith, family and the long shadow of war. Tahmima Anam, the prize-winning author of "A Golden Age," offers a moving portrait of a sister and brother who struggle with the competing loyalties of love and belief as they cope with the lasting ravages of war and confront the deeply intimate roots of religious extremism. Echoing the intensity and humanity of Thrity Umrigar's "The Space Between Us," Abraham Verghese's "Cutting for Stone," and Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," Anam's "accomplished and gripping novel," in the words of author Pankaj Mishra, "describes not only the tumult of a great historical event, but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war."