Romesh Gunesekera FRSL (born 1954) is a Sri Lankan-born British author,[1] who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his novel Reef in 1994.

[3] Born in Colombo to a Sinhalese Christian family in 1954, Romesh Gunesekera grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where his father was a founder of the Asian Development Bank, and moved to England in 1971 and currently lives in London.

His first book, Monkfish Moon, a collection of short stories reflecting the ethnic and political tensions that have threatened Sri Lanka since independence in 1948, was published in 1992, and was shortlisted for several prizes.

Gunesekera travels widely for festivals, workshops and British Council tours.

He has been a Guest Director at the Cheltenham Festival, an Associate Tutor at Goldsmiths College and on the Board of the Arvon Foundation.