Shanghvi, Siddharth Dhanvant

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi's debut novel, "The Last Song of Dusk", won the Betty Trask Award in the UK, the Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize in Ireland. "The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay" was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008 and was a number one bestseller in India. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Bombay.