Vikram Chandra
Biography
Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra was born in New Delhi. His first novel, RED EARTH AND POURING RAIN (1995), won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the David Higham Prize for Fiction. His collection of short stories, LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY (1997), won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Eurasia Region) and was a New York Times Notable Book. Vikram Chandra divides his time between Mumbai and Berkeley, where he teaches at the University of California. His work has been translated into eleven languages.
Vikram Chandra