The Author

Vikas Swatup was born in Allahabad in India. After going to the Allahabad Boys High School and College, Vikas went to study psychology, history and philosophy at Allahabad University. In 1986, he joined the Indian Foreign Service. As a diplomat, he worked in Turkey, the United States of America, Ethiopia, Great Britain and South Africa. In august 2009 he became consul general of India in Osaka, Japan.

Q and A, The title of the book which was made into film Slumdog Millionaire, was his first book. It took him only two months to write, but has been published in forty-two different languages and made into very successful film. He was written a second novel, Six Suspects, which was published in 2008.

Vikas like listening to music, playing cricket, tennis and table tennis. He is married to Aparna and they have two sons, Aditya and Varun.