About the Author

ARUNDHATI ROY is the author of the novel, The God of Small Things, for which she was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997. Roy has also published four essay collections: An Ordinary Person''s Guide to Empire, War Talk, Power Politics, and The Cost of Living, and is the subject of The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Interviews with Arundhati Roy, edited by David Barsamian. Roy received the 2002 Lannan Award for Cultural Freedom from the Lannan Foundation. She lives in New Delhi, India.

Reviews

“The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed indictment is devastating.” –The New York Times Book Review

“Reading Arundhati Roy is how the peace movement arms itself. She turns our grief and rage into courage.” –Naomi Klein, author of No Logo