Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai
Desai reading on behalf of Salman Rushdie at the 2024 National Book Awards finalist reading
Born
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
Alma materColumbia University
Period1998–present
Notable works
Notable awardsMan Booker Prize
2006
RelativesAnita Desai (mother)

Kiran Desai is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In 2015, The Economic Times named her one of 20 most influential global Indian women.

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