Ashok Ferrey (born 1957) is a Sri Lankan writer of literary fiction.
Ferrey was born in Colombo in 1957, raised in East Africa, educated at a Benedictine monastery school at Worth Abbey, and studied pure mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford. Following his graduation, he lived in London as a building developer during the Thatcher years before turning to write fiction.[1][2][3][4]
He is the author of seven novels, five of which have been nominated for the Gratiaen Prize, Sri Lanka's literary award, founded by Michael Ondaatje. His latest novel, The Unmarriageable Man[5] won the Gratiaen Prize in 2021.[6][7][8][9] His book, The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons, was also longlisted for the DSC Prize.[10][11][12][13]