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Anita Desai

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Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her published works include many award-winning short story collections and novels, three of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Fasting, Feasting.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in New York State.

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