Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal


Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal is a British journalist mostly writing for The Sun, and writer.

Early life

Dhaliwal was born in Greenford, London and his parents were first-generation Punjabi immigrants. Dhaliwal was raised a non-practising Sikh and state-school educated before going on to the University of Nottingham to read English and American literature.

Personal life

In 2000, while working as a radio journalist for the BBC, Dhaliwal was sent to interview Liz Jones, then editor of Marie Claire. They married in 2002 and divorced in 2007.

Career

Dhaliwal's first novel Tourism was published in 2006 and received mixed reviews. Described as 'brilliant' in The Daily Telegraph, Julie Burchill thought it was 'touched with genius'.
Dhaliwal currently works as a freelance journalist, based in London, having resided for a while in New Delhi. He writes for The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, and the Evening Standard and extensively for the Indian and international press.