About me
Megha Majumdar is the author of the novel "A Guardian and a Thief," which was named a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and selected for Oprah’s Book Club. Her debut novel, the New York Times bestseller “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 a TODAY show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick and a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick. Majumdar is the recipient of a Whiting Award, as well as of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri and Hawthornden foundations. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, and educated at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, she now lives in New York.
