Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar is the author of two bestselling novels. Her debut novel, A Burning, was a New York Times bestseller, TODAY Show Read With Jenna book club pick and a Barns & Noble Discover Pick. It was also longlisted for the National Book Award and nominated for the Ntional Book Critic's John Leonard Prize and the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal. In India it won a Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. A Burning was named one of the best books of 2020 by The Washington Post, The New Youk Times, NPR, The Atlantic, Vogue, Time and others.

Majumdar's second novel,  A Guardian and a Thief, is an Oprah’s Book Club pick, a finalist for the Carol Shields Prize, the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award, longlisted for the Women’s Prize, and the winner of the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. A Guardian and a Thief is also a New York Times notable book, a Washington Post notable book, and one of the ten best books of the year per The Atlantic and TIME Magazine.

Majumdar is a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. Her work has also been supported by the Whiting, Civitella Ranieri, and Hawthornden foundations. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, she now lives in New York.