Anosh Irani has previously published three critically acclaimed novels: The Cripple and His Talismans (2004), a national bestseller; The Song of Kahunsha (2006), which was an international bestseller and shortlisted for Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; and Dahanu Road (2010), which was nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize. His play Bombay Black won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2006) and his anthology The Bombay Plays: The Matka King&Bombay Black was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Anosh Irani was born and grew up in Bombay, India, and lives in Vancouver, Canada.