Naeem Murrʼs first novel, The Boy, was a New York Times Notable Book. Another novel, The Genius of the Sea, was published in 2003.  His latest, The Perfect Man, was awarded The Commonwealth Writersʼ Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.  His work has been translated into eight languages.  He has received many awards for his writing, most recently a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pen Beyond Margins Award.  He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Missouri, Western Michigan, and Northwestern University, among others.  Born and brought up in London, he has lived in America since his early twenties, and currently resides in Chicago.