Stephen Alter

Stephen Alter is the author of eighteen books of fiction and non-fiction. He was born in India and continues to live and write in his hometown, Landour. A recipient of the Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan literature, a Guggenheim fellowship and a Fulbright award, he was also writer-in-residence at MIT and directed the writing programme at the American University in Cairo. He is founding director of the Mussoorie Writers Mountain Festival.