Anita Nair

Anita Nair is one of India’s most acclaimed authors. Her body of work comprises 25 books ranging from literary fiction to noir to poetry to children’s literature to translation. Her books have been translated into thirty-three languages around the world.  Anita Nair has also written two plays and the screenplay for the movie adaptation of her novel “Lessons in Forgetting” which was part of the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2012 and won the National Film Award in 2013. Anita Nair is the recipient of several prizes and honours including the Central Sahitya Akademi award and the Crossword Prize. A High-Profile Supporter of the UNHCR, Anita Nair is the founder of the creative writing mentorship program Anita’s Attic which has mentored over 150 writers. Her latest book is “Why I Killed My Husband & Other Such Stories.”