Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar is the author of the novel A Guardian and a Thief, which is Oprah’s Book Club selection for October 2025. The novel is a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and has been longlisted for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal.

Her first book, the New York Times bestselling novel A Burning, was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, and the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal. In India, it won a Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. It was named one of the best books of the year by media including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, Vogue, and TIME Magazine.

Her work has been supported by the Whiting, Civitella Ranieri, and Hawthornden foundations. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, she now lives in New York. 

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Email me: megha.majumdar.author@gmail.com

I am represented by Eric Simonoff at William Morris Endeavor: esimonoff@wmeagency.com

For speaking engagements, please contact Kim Thornton Ingenito at the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau: kthornton@penguinrandomhouse.com

At Knopf, Emily Reardon leads publicity for A Guardian and a Thief: ereardon@penguinrandomhouse.com

At Scribner UK, Rebecca McCarthy leads publicity for the book: Rebecca.McCarthy@simonandschuster.co.uk

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