Karan Mahajan

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Karan Mahajan
Mahajan at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Mahajan at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Born (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 40)
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, essayist
SubjectCriticism, Fiction
Website
www.karan-mahajan.com

Karan Mahajan (born April 24, 1984) is an Indian-American novelist, essayist, and critic.[1] His second novel, The Association of Small Bombs, was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction.[2] He has contributed writing to The Believer,[3] The Daily Beast,[4] the San Francisco Chronicle,[5] Granta,[6] and The New Yorker.[7] In 2017, he was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists.[8]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ The New Yorker (October 6, 2016). "The 2016 National Book Awards Finalists". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Mahajan, Karan (February 1, 2008). "'Suketu Mehta'". The Believer. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  4. ^ Mahajan, Karan (March 27, 2010). "'Peering into Kashmir's Turmoil'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  5. ^ Mahajan, Karan (March 11, 2008). "Animal's People toxically twisted". The Believer. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  6. ^ Mahajan, Karan (December 1, 2009). "'Wonder Why'". Granta. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  7. ^ Mahajan, Karan (October 21, 2015). "'The Two Asian Americas'". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Granta's list of the best young American novelists". The Guardian. 2017-04-26. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-16.