British indian novelist and journalist
Since 1998, a freelance journalist, published in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, TimeOut, collaborates with Sky TV. He was the music editor of Wallpaper magazine, since 1995 — one of the editors of the online magazine Mute. He made his debut in 2003 with the novel Without a Face, which was a huge success. Deputy President of the British PEN Center.
His father is a descendant of Kashmiri Pandits, his mother is English, belonged to the Anglicans. He graduated from Bancroft School in Essex, studied English literature at Oxford's Wadham College. He received a master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Warwick. He worked for the British edition of Wired magazine.
