KIRAN DESAI se otè ki vann plis liv Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: A Novel ak The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel, ki te genyen tou de Pri Booker ak Pri National Book Critics Circle Award. Li fèt nan peyi Lend, li te vin Ozetazini lè li te gen 16 an e kounye a li abite Nouyòk.