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Deepa Anappara is a critically acclaimed Indian author and journalist. Born in Kerala, southern India, she spent eleven years reporting on pivotal issues affecting society, earning her several prestigious awards, including the Developing Asia Journalism Awards, the Every Human has Rights Media Awards, and the Sanskriti-Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism. Her debut novel, <i>Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line</i>, has received widespread acclaim, winning the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award, and the Bridport/Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel. Translated into 16 languages, it has been published by leading houses worldwide, including Chatto & Windus and Random House. Anappara's short fiction has also garnered attention, earning her the Dastaan Award, the Asian Writer Short Story Prize, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia.