Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author who is known for the 1998 Man Booker Prize for fiction winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) , which is became the best selling novel by unexpatriate Indian author. She also known as activist involved in human rightes and environmental …show more content…
Her collection Interpreter of Maladies won the 2000 Pulitzer Price for fiction. It was a compilation of nine short stories, which are addressing the dilemmas in the lives of Indians . Trans Atlantic Award from the Henfield Foundation (1993), O Henry Award for short stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999), PEN / Heemingway Award for Interpreter of Maladies (1999) Addison Metcalf Award from the American academy of Arts and Letters (2000), The New Yorker’s Best debut of the year for Interpreter of Maladies(2000). Tha Namesake (2003) her second book and first novel. It was named the NewYork magazine book of the year. Unaccustomed Earth (2008) reached No.1on The NewYork Times best seller list. The Lowland (2013) plased on the long- list of a National Book Award finalist and plased shortlist for the Man Booker Prize. M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation (2000), and Guggenheim Fellowship