Dr Reeta M K Singh

Reeta Singh was born in 1974 in the United Kingdom. The daughter of first generation, East-African Indians, she grew up in an idyllic market town just outside of London. She studied at an all-girls secondary school before completing Bachelor of Science in genetics at Newcastle University and passing out with 1st class honours degree. She then went on to study medicine, at Leicester University, and embark a career in pediatrics. On meeting her husband, she opted to become a GP to serve a deprived community in North East Lincolnshire. It was here where she had her first dog closely followed by two children. She practiced clinically for her own community and helped serve patients who were difficult to doctor, and she also taught medical students for a number of years before leaving the NHS and emigrating to North America. In 2015, she moved with her own family to Canada where she took a career break to raise her children, have two more children and embark on a new career as a writer. Sanjog, her debut novel, was written overlooking the Atlantic waters of her new home, Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and a dog. Her first novel is a tribute to her father and mother.