David Szalay

David Szalay ( born 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is an Hungarian/English writer. His surname is pronounced SOL-loy.Szalay has written a number of radio dramas for the BBC.[3] His 2018 book of short stories Turbulence originated in a series of 15 minute programs for BBC Radio 4. The twelve stories of Turbulence follow different people on flights around the world. It explores the globalization of family and friendship in the 21st century. He won the Betty Trask Award for his first novel, London and the South-East, along with the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Since then he has written two other novels: Innocent (2009) and Spring (2011)