author
Peer
A journalist and screenwriter from Kashmir, he writes with clarity and feeling about conflict, memory, and the lives caught inside history. His work moves between reportage and storytelling, giving readers a vivid sense of place and human experience.
1 Audiobook
The Oyster
by Peer
About the author
Born in Kashmir in 1977, Basharat Peer is an author, journalist, and screenwriter whose work often draws on the region where he grew up. He studied in Aligarh and Delhi, and later moved to New York, where he has worked in journalism.
Peer is widely known for writing about Kashmir with a close, personal perspective that blends reporting with memoir. His writing has appeared in major publications, and he has also worked in film and television as a screenwriter.
Across his work, he returns to questions of identity, violence, memory, and belonging. That mix of lived experience and careful observation gives his books an immediate, human voice.