Timeri N. Murari began his career as a reporter for a Canadian newspaper before
moving to London to write for The Guardian, Sunday Times and other newspapers,
and magazines. He also wrote columns and articles for The Hindu, Frontline and
the Indian Express. He has written sixteen novels, five non-fiction books, a young
adult trilogy, stage plays and screenplays. Time included his film, Daayra, in its top
ten films of the year in which it was screened and he later directed it as a stage
play, starring Parminder Nagra. His novel Taj has been translated into twenty-five
languages and The Taliban Cricket Club into eight.