Kiran Desai was born in 1971 in Chandigarh, and spent the early years of her life in Pune and Mumbai. She studied in the Cathedral and John Connon School. She is the daughter of the author, Anita Desai, who herself has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times
She left India at 14, and she and her mother then lived in England for a year, and then moved to the United States.She studied creative writing at Columbia University.
Born: 3 September 1971 Chandigarh, India
Occupation: Novelist
Nationality: Indian
Notable work(s): The Inheritance of Loss
Notable award(s): Man Booker Prize 2006
Works
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard 1998
- The Inheritance of Loss 2006
Awards
- Betty Trask Award for Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard in the year 1998
- Man Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss in the year 2006
- National Book Critics Circle Award for The Inheritance of Loss in the year 2006
Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer and journalist. He was born in Chennai on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga, both of whom hailed from Mangalore. He grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School, then at St. Aloysius High School, where he completed his SSLC in 1990. He secured first rank in the state in SSLC. He studied English literature at Columbia College, Columbia University, in New York, where he studied with Simon Schama and graduated as salutatorian in 1997.
Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. Currently he lives in Mumbai.His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
Born: 23 October 1974 Chennai India
Occupation: Writer
Citizenship: Indian, Australian
Novels
- The White Tiger 2008
- Between the Assassinations 2008
- Last Man in Tower 2011
Short stories
- The Sultan's Battery, 18 October 2008
- Smack, 16 November 2008
- Last Christmas in Bandra, 19 December 2008
- The Elephant, 26 January 2009
Award
- The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize
