Manil Suri
Manil Suri was born and raised in Bombay, India. He came to the US as a student when he was twenty. His first published fiction in English was The Seven Circles, a short story that appeared in The New Yorker. He is also the author of the novels, The Death of Vishnu, a bestseller that has been translated into 22 languages, and The Age of Shiva. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction and being named a Time magazine “Person to Watch.” In addition to being a writer, he is a mathematician, conducting research in the field of numerical analysis at the University of Maryland. A resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, he holds both US and Indian citizenship.
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