Kiran Desai is a distinguished literary fiction author, who was born in Chandigarh, India, in 1971. She spent her formative school years in Mumbai, attending John Connon and Cathedral School.
Desai is an Indian citizen and a permanent resident of the United States, and she is the daughter of the celebrated author Anita Desai. Kiran Desai's literary career began with her first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, published in 1998. This debut work received considerable praise from prominent figures, including Salman Rushdie, and earned Desai the Betty Trask Award.
Desai's writing talent and potential were further confirmed with the release of her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, in 2006. This masterpiece went on to win several prestigious awards, including the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. These accolades solidified Desai's position as a prominent and accomplished author in the literary world.