{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Roopa Farooki | honorific_suffix = Dr Roopa Farooki MRCP MBBS MA Oxon BA Hons | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1974 | birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | nationality = British | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Philosophy, politics and economics | alma_mater = New College, Oxford | occupation = Writer | years_active = | employer = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = Bitter SweetsCorner ShopThe Way Things Look to MeHalf LifeThe Flying ManThe Good ChildrenThe Cure for a Crime, A Double Detectives Medical MysteryDiagnosis Danger, A Double Detectives Medical MysteryEverything Is True, a junior doctor's story of life, death and grief in a time of pandemic | style = | net_worth = | height = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = 4 | parents = Nasim Ahmed Farooki Nilofar Farooki | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = }} Roopa Farooki is a British novelist and medical doctor. Born in Lahore, she lives between France and Great Britain. Her first novel, Bitter Sweets, was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Award for New Writers. Early life and education Farooki was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1974 to a Pakistani father and Bangladeshi mother, who moved to London when she was seven months old. Her father was the late Nasir Ahmad Farooki, a Pakistani novelist and a prominent figure in Pakistani literary circles in the 1960s. Roopa's father abandoned her when she was 13, later marrying a Chinese American. Her mother, Niluffer, later had a long term relationship with an English-Iraqi of Jewish descent. She had a sister, Kiron, who became a solicitor. Despite being of both Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent, she speaks only English, because her parents were keen on assimilating into London and spoke to her in only English. She won a scholarship to a private girls’ school,