Born and raised in Kolkata, India, New York Times bestselling author MEGHA MAJUMDAR is a 2022 Whiting Award winner. Her novel A Burning was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, and the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal. It was also named one of the best books of the year by various media outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, Vogue, and Time. She holds degrees in anthropology from Harvard and Johns Hopkins.
