Mahesh Rao
Mahesh Rao was born and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. His debut novel, The Smoke is Rising, won the Tata First Book Award and was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize and the Crossword Award. His stories have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and the Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest. He lives in Mysore, India.
