About the author
M.G. Vassanji is the author of six acclaimed novels: The Gunny Sack, which won a Commonwealth Prize; No New Land; The Book of Secrets, which won the very first Giller Prize; Amriika; The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, which also received the Giller Prize in 2003; and The Assassin?s Song, which was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General?s Award for Fiction and the Crossword Prize in India; and two works of nonfiction. His travel memoir about India, A Place Within: Rediscovering India, won the Governor General's award. He is also the author of two collections of short fiction, Uhuru Street and Elvis, Raja. Vassanji lives in Toronto. www.mgvassanji.com
