Tabish Khair

Tabish Khair was born in 1966 and educated in Gaya, a small town in Bihar, India. He is the acclaimed author of 7 novels—of which Interlink published three: The Body by the Shore, Just Another Jihadi Jane, and How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position—and 2 poetry collections. Winner of the All India Poetry Prize, his novels have been shortlisted for more than a dozen major prizes, including the Man Asian, the DSC Prize and the Encore Prize. An Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark and has also been awarded guest professorships or honorary fellowships at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Leeds University (UK), Delhi University (India), York University (UK), Cambridge University (UK), and others.