Mohsin Hamid

Bio

Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani author, best known for his novels Moth Smoke (2000) and The Reluctant Fundamendalist (2007). He spent his childhood in the United States where he stayed from the age of 3 to 9. when he moved back with his family, he attended the Lahore American School. Hamid graduated from Princeton University summa  cum laude in 1993, having studied under such writers as Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison. He then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1997. Hamid's first novel, Moth Smoke was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway/Award given to the best first novel in the US. It was adapted for television in Pakistan and as an operetta in Italy. His  second novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, became an international best seller, reaching No.4 on the New York Times Best Seller list. The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, won several awards, including Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. The Guardian selected it as one of the books that defined the decades. It was translated into over 25 languages.