Hari Kunzru
Novelist, editor and freelance journalist. After studying English at Oxford University he graduated in literature and philosophy at the University of Warwick.
He has published short stories in various magazines, collected in the volume Noise (2005). His first novel, The Impressionist was a finalist for the Whitbread First novel Award (2002). His second novel, Transmission (2004) told the story of Arjun Mehta, a computer programmer in Silicon Valley who finds that the job he has been given is not quite what he had imagined. With this book he won the 'Decibel' Award at the British Book Awards and the New York Times included it in its Books of the Year. He was also recognised by Granta Magazine as one of the best writers under forty. His books talk about immigration, poverty and the erosion of democratic standards through the effects of economic and cultural globalisation.
As a journalist, he collaborates on different English and International publications, like The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Economist and Wired. Kunzru is currently a member of the Human Rights Commission for Guantánamo.