Akhil Sharma is the author of the novels Family Life (2014), winner of the 2015 Folio Prize and the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award, and An Obedient Father (2000), winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, as well as the story collection A Life of Adventure and Delight (2017). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry Award Stories. A native of Delhi, he lives in New York City and is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark.