SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI is an award-winning author of bestselling works of narrative non-fiction including Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History, The Bengalis: A Portrait of Community (shortlisted for The Hindu Prize 2018, and Tata Literature Live! Award 2018) as well as several works of fiction, including The Baptism of Tony Calangute: A Novel, Tin Fish, and The Avenue of Kings, as well as several short stories. His other notable non-fiction works are Red Sun, Highway 39, and Clear.Hold.Build. His work has been translated into various languages including Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
An extensively published columnist, he has over three decades of experience in media. Sudeep has worked with major global and Indian media organizations including the Asian Wall Street Journal, where he began his career, and held leadership positions at Sunday, the India Today Group, and HT Media.
Sudeep read history at St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He is co-founder of Coastal Impact, an organization of divers and scientists, which conducts research for institutions, and evangelizes marine conservation to school and university students. He lives in Goa.