Born in Kenya and raised in England, Rahil Patel spent two decades as a Hindu monk before beginning a new chapter of life as a writer and speaker.
His memoir, Found by Love, has been translated into nine languages.
Drawing on an extraordinary life lived across cultures and traditions, his writing explores belonging, memory, identity and hope.
Rahil lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and young daughter.
A Search for Bread is his first novel.