SettingsAmerican writers of Indian descent
A. K. Ramanujan
Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada.
Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada.
Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese is the Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine.
Abraham Verghese is the Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes.
Akhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971 in Delhi) is an Indian-American author.
Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971 in Delhi) is an Indian-American author.
Amita Kanekar
Amita Kanekar is a Mumbai-based writer, whose well-received debut novel A Spoke in the Wheel was published by Harper Collins Publishers, India.
Amita Kanekar is a Mumbai-based writer, whose well-received debut novel A Spoke in the Wheel was published by Harper Collins Publishers, India.
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh, is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language.
Amitav Ghosh, is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language.
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is currently Professor of English at Vassar College.
Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is currently Professor of English at Vassar College.
Anand Lal Shimpi
Anand Lal Shimpi is an American businessman who was born June 26, 1982 to Indian and Iranian parents.
Anand Lal Shimpi is an American businessman who was born June 26, 1982 to Indian and Iranian parents.
Anita Desai
Anita Mazumdar Desai (born June 24, 1937) is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anita Mazumdar Desai (born June 24, 1937) is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anjana Appachana
Anjana Appachana is a novelist of Indian origin who lives in the United States.
Anjana Appachana is a novelist of Indian origin who lives in the United States.
Anu Garg
Anu Garg, an Indian-American author and speaker, is best known as the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising word lovers from an estimated 200 countries.
Anu Garg, an Indian-American author and speaker, is best known as the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising word lovers from an estimated 200 countries.
Anurag Mathur
Anurag Mathur (अनुराग माथुर) is an Indian author and journalist mainly known for his 1991 novel The Inscrutable Americans.
Anurag Mathur (अनुराग माथुर) is an Indian author and journalist mainly known for his 1991 novel The Inscrutable Americans.
Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949) is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization, based in New York.
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949) is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization, based in New York.
Asra Nomani
Asra Quratulain Nomani is an Indian-American journalist, author, and feminist, known as an activist involved in the Muslim reform and Islamic feminist movements.
Asra Quratulain Nomani is an Indian-American journalist, author, and feminist, known as an activist involved in the Muslim reform and Islamic feminist movements.
Basharat Peer
Basharat Peer, (born 1977) is a Kashmiri journalist, author, and political commentator.
Basharat Peer, (born 1977) is a Kashmiri journalist, author, and political commentator.
Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee (born July 27, 1940) is an award-winning Indian-born American writer.
Bharati Mukherjee (born July 27, 1940) is an award-winning Indian-born American writer.
Biju Mathew
Biju Mathew is an American Marxist intellectual and activist.
Biju Mathew is an American Marxist intellectual and activist.
Bobby Jindal
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, an American politician, is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana.
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, an American politician, is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956 - ) is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creati...
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956 - ) is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creati...
Deepak Ananthapadmanabha
Deepak Ananthapadmanabha (full name Deepak Colundalur Ananthapadmanabha) is an online journalist and comedian based in New York City who hosts "The Circuit", a weekly online show on MOJO H...
Deepak Ananthapadmanabha (full name Deepak Colundalur Ananthapadmanabha) is an online journalist and comedian based in New York City who hosts "The Circuit", a weekly online show on MOJO H...
Dilip P. Gaonkar
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar (born 1945) is an Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture and the Director of Center for Global Culture and Communication at Northwestern University.
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar (born 1945) is an Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture and the Director of Center for Global Culture and Communication at Northwestern University.
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza (: born April 25, 1961) is an author and public speaker and a former Robert and Karen Rishwain Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Dinesh D'Souza (: born April 25, 1961) is an author and public speaker and a former Robert and Karen Rishwain Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary critic, a theorist, and a University Professor, the highest honor for professors at Columbia University, where she is a founding member of the sc...
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary critic, a theorist, and a University Professor, the highest honor for professors at Columbia University, where she is a founding member of the sc...
Homi K. Bhabha
Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and the Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University.
Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and the Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University.
Janaki Ram
Janaki Ram is an Indian-American author who has written biographies and collections of short stories, as well as a prominent figure in Asian art auctions.
Janaki Ram is an Indian-American author who has written biographies and collections of short stories, as well as a prominent figure in Asian art auctions.
Kamla Bhatt
Kamla Bhatt is an Indian blogger and is acclaimed as India's first podcaster.
Kamla Bhatt is an Indian blogger and is acclaimed as India's first podcaster.
Kavita Daswani
Kavita Daswani is an American author, who started her career as a journalist for South China Morning Post when she only 17 years old.
Kavita Daswani is an American author, who started her career as a journalist for South China Morning Post when she only 17 years old.
Kazim Ali
Kazim Ali (born 1971) is an American poet, novelist, essayist and professor.
Kazim Ali (born 1971) is an American poet, novelist, essayist and professor.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States.
Kiran Desai is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States.
Lylah M. Alphonse
Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972, Princeton, New Jersey) is an American journalist.
Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972, Princeton, New Jersey) is an American journalist.
Manil Suri
Manil Suri is an Indian-American mathematician and writer, most notable for his first novel, The Death of Vishnu, which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 P...
Manil Suri is an Indian-American mathematician and writer, most notable for his first novel, The Death of Vishnu, which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 P...
Meena Alexander
Meena Alexander (born 1951) is an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, and writer.
Meena Alexander (born 1951) is an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, and writer.
Nikil Dutt
Nikil Dutt is a Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine, USA. Professor Dutt’s research interests are in embedded systems, electronic design automation, co...
Nikil Dutt is a Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine, USA. Professor Dutt’s research interests are in embedded systems, electronic design automation, co...
Omar Khalidi
Dr. Omar Khalidi BA ALM PhD, born in Hyderabad, India, was an eminent Muslim scholar, a staff member of the MIT, USA and an author.
Dr. Omar Khalidi BA ALM PhD, born in Hyderabad, India, was an eminent Muslim scholar, a staff member of the MIT, USA and an author.
Pratap Chatterjee
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author.
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author.
R. Radhakrishnan
Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, is Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and is considered one of t...
Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, is Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and is considered one of t...
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist who occasionally has been confused with a substandard dentist of similar name.
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist who occasionally has been confused with a substandard dentist of similar name.
Ravi Batra
Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University.
Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University.
Reetika Vazirani
Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003) was an American poet and educator.
Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003) was an American poet and educator.
Rinku Sen
Rinku Sen is an Indian-American author and activist, who is currently the president and executive director of the Applied Research Center and publisher of Colorlines.com.
Rinku Sen is an Indian-American author and activist, who is currently the president and executive director of the Applied Research Center and publisher of Colorlines.com.
S. T. Joshi
Sunand Tryambak Joshi (b. 22 June 1958 in Pune, India) — known as S. T. Joshi — is an award-winning Indian American literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of Howard P...
Sunand Tryambak Joshi (b. 22 June 1958 in Pune, India) — known as S. T. Joshi — is an award-winning Indian American literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of Howard P...
Samina Ali
Samina Ali is an Indian-American author.
Samina Ali is an Indian-American author.
Sandeep Parikh
Sandeep Parikh is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy currently residing in Silverlake in Los Angeles, California.
Sandeep Parikh is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy currently residing in Silverlake in Los Angeles, California.
Santha Rama Rau
Santha Rama Rau is an Indian American travel writer.
Santha Rama Rau is an Indian American travel writer.
Santhini Govindan
Santhini Govindan (born March 20, 1959 in San Francisco, California, United States of America) is a widely published, award winning author of children's literature in English in India, who has ...
Santhini Govindan (born March 20, 1959 in San Francisco, California, United States of America) is a widely published, award winning author of children's literature in English in India, who has ...
Sarmila Bose
Sarmila Bose is the Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University in 2006.
Sarmila Bose is the Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University in 2006.
Shauna Singh Baldwin
Shauna Singh Baldwin (born 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American novelist of Indian descent.
Shauna Singh Baldwin (born 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American novelist of Indian descent.
Shoba Narayan
Shoba Narayan is an award winning author of Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes (2003).
Shoba Narayan is an award winning author of Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes (2003).
Siddharth Kara
Siddharth Kara is an author and one of the world's foremost experts on modern day slavery and human trafficking.
Siddharth Kara is an author and one of the world's foremost experts on modern day slavery and human trafficking.
Sonia Shah
Sonia Shah is an American investigative journalist and author noted for her articles on corporate power - especially with respect to agriculture, oil and pharmaceutical industries - and on gende...
Sonia Shah is an American investigative journalist and author noted for her articles on corporate power - especially with respect to agriculture, oil and pharmaceutical industries - and on gende...
Sunanda Gandhi
Sunanda Gandhi (1932–2007) was an author, researcher, nurse and, along with her widower Arun Gandhi, co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
Sunanda Gandhi (1932–2007) was an author, researcher, nurse and, along with her widower Arun Gandhi, co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
Susham Bedi
Susham Bedi is a leading South Asian author of novels, short stories and poetry, currently living in the United States.
Susham Bedi is a leading South Asian author of novels, short stories and poetry, currently living in the United States.
Varadaraja V. Raman
Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Vasant Lad
Dr Vasant Dattatray Lad B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., is an Indian-born American author, Ayurvedic physician, professor and director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dr Vasant Dattatray Lad B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., is an Indian-born American author, Ayurvedic physician, professor and director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He is the author of fourteen ...
Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He is the author of fourteen ...