Meir Shalev
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Suketu Mehta
(born 1963) is a writer based in New York City. He was born in Kolkata, India, and raised in Bombay where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977.
He has attended New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His autobiographical account of his experiences in the city of Mumbai, Maximum City, was published in 2004. The book explores the underbelly of the sprawling city. It was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Suketu Mehta also co-wrote the screenplay to the Bollywood film Mission Kashmir with novelist Vikram Chandra. Suketu lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He is currently working on a book about the New York City immigrant experience. He joined the New York University journalism faculty in 2008.
Official website: www.suketumehta.com
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
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Matt Bell
Matt Bell is the Senior Editor at Dzanc Books, and teaches writing at the University of...