Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar (born 1987/1988) is an Indian novelist who lives in New York City. Her debut novel, A Burning, was a New York Times best seller. Megha Majumdar's debut novel, A Burning, was released in 2020 to positive reviews.[3][4][5][6] It became a New York Times best seller. The novel tells the story of woman who witnesses a terrorist attack on a train that stops at a station. The woman posts about the incident on Facebook and draws the attention of police. Majumdar's writing style has been compared to that of Jhumpa Lahiri and Yaa Gyasi.] At the time of her novel's publication, Majumdar worked as an editor at Catapult Books in New York City. A Burning was shortlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction.