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'''Siddhartha Deb''' (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at [[Columbia University]],<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web|title=A first-timer with a point of view...|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019151928/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2003|access-date=18 May 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=Sep 26, 2002}}</ref> US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998.<ref name="brooklynrail1">{{cite web|last=Sherman |first=Scott |url=http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman |title=Winners And Losers in The 'New India': Siddhartha Deb With Scott Sherman |publisher=The Brooklyn Rail |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles [[Shillong]] in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned [[Sikh]] journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by [[Viking Penguin]]. He has also contributed to ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. He currently teaches creative writing at [[The New School]] in New York.<ref name="brooklynrail1"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Siddhartha Deb |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=24576 |title=Siddhartha Deb from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> | '''Siddhartha Deb''' (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at [[Columbia University]],<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web|title=A first-timer with a point of view...|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019151928/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2003|access-date=18 May 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=Sep 26, 2002}}</ref> US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998.<ref name="brooklynrail1">{{cite web|last=Sherman |first=Scott |url=http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman |title=Winners And Losers in The 'New India': Siddhartha Deb With Scott Sherman |date=5 September 2011 |publisher=The Brooklyn Rail |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles [[Shillong]] in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned [[Sikh]] journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by [[Viking Penguin]]. He has also contributed to ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. He currently teaches creative writing at [[The New School]] in New York.<ref name="brooklynrail1"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Siddhartha Deb |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=24576 |title=Siddhartha Deb from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> | ||
==Awards and honors== | ==Awards and honors== | ||
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