Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera is a writer and historian. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. His third book, Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, was named a Book of the Year at the 2022 

British Books Awards, and resulted in Empire State of Mind, the acclaimed two-part documentary for Channel 4 for which he earned a Best Presenter shortlisting at the 2022 Grierson Awards. 

The book inspired a sequel, Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe, which became an Sunday Times bestseller on release in 2024, and Stolen History: The Truth about the British Empire and How it Shaped Us, which went to No 1 on several children’s books charts when it was released in 2023 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award and Children’s Book of the Year by Foyles.