Sabba Khan

• Born — July 1985 • Education — * Central Saint Martins • University of Westminster • Spouse — Mark Bonshek • Website — https: sabbakhan.com/

Khan was born to working class Azad Kashmiri parents who arrived in England from Mirpur in the 1960s and grew up on Green Street in Newham, East London. Khan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Architecture from Central Saint Martins and the University of Westminster.

In 2020, Khan founded an architectural practice with her husband Mark Bonshek called Khan Bonshek. Khan also works as a visual artist.

Via Myriad Editions, Khan's debut autobiographical book The Roles We Play was published in 2021. It also had a U.S. release under the title What is Home, Mum?. The graphic memoir traces Khan's family history from the Partition of India to her own East London coming-of-age. The Roles We Play won the 2022 Jhalak Prize, making Khan the first graphic novelist to win this prize, and the Broken Frontier Award for Breakout Talent. It was also longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize and shortlisted for a British Book Design & Production Award in the Graphic Novel category. What is Home, Mum? was shortlisted for Outstanding Graphic Novel at the Ignatz Awards and tied for third on the Publishers Weekly Graphic Novel Critics Poll.

Khan lives in the Maryland area of East London with her husband Mark Bonshek.

• Year — Award — Category — Title — Result — Ref • 2022 — Broken Frontier Awards — Breakout Talent — The Roles We Play • Best Graphic Non-fiction • Ondaatje Prize — Longlisted • Jhalak Prize • British Book Design & Production Awards — Graphic Novel • Ignatz Awards — Outstanding Graphic Novel — What is Home, Mum? • Publishers Weekly — Graphic Novel Critics Poll

Sabba Khan is recorded as illustrator, writer, artist, architect and novelist.