Ashok Ferrey

Ashok Ferrey (born 1957) is a Sri Lankan writer of literary fiction.

Ferrey was born in Colombo in 1957, raised in East Africa, educated at a Benedictine monastery school at Worth Abbey, and studied pure mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford.

Following his graduation, he lived in London as a building developer during the Thatcher years before turning to write fiction.

[1][2][3][4] He is the author of seven novels, five of which have been nominated for the Gratiaen Prize, Sri Lanka's literary award, founded by Michael Ondaatje.

His latest novel, The Unmarriageable Man[5] won the Gratiaen Prize in 2021.