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Samrat Upadhyay


Nepal (b.1974)

SAMRAT UPADHYAY is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, which earned him a Whiting Award, and The Guru of Love, which was a New York Times Notable Book, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and a Book Sense 76 pick. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and teaches creative writing and literature at Indiana University. His eight-year-old daughter Shahzadi, is a published poet.
 

 
New and upcoming books
January 2025

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Darkmotherland
 
Novels
   The Guru of Love (2003)
   Buddha's Orphans (2010)
   The City Son (2014)
   Darkmotherland (2025)
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Collections
   Arresting God in Kathmandu (2001)
   The Royal Ghosts (2006)
   Mad Country (2017)
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Series contributed to
Noir Nation
   3. International Crime Fiction No. 3 (2013) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Samrat Upadhyay
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The Best American Short Stories 1999 (1999)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and Amy Tan

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