Abir Mukherjee

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Abir Mukherjee at Glasgow University, 2019
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Abir Mukherjee (born circa 1974) [1] is a British-Indian [2] author best known for his crime novels. He wrote the Wyndham and Banerjee series set in the British Raj era in India.

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Personal life

Mukherjee's parents moved from Calcutta, India to the United Kingdom before he was born. [1] [ non-primary source needed ] He grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey, England with his wife (Sonal) and two sons. [3] [4]

Career

Before beginning his writing career, Mukherjee was an accountant for 20 years. [1] [5] In 2013, at age 39, Mukherjee learned that Lee Child did not begin writing until age 40 and was inspired to begin writing himself. [1] [5] He began writing A Rising Man in September of that year, partly inspired by the Telegraph's Harvill Secker Crime Writing Competition, [1] [5] [ non-primary source needed ] which he won the following year. [6] [7] The novel was ultimately published in 2016.

Mukherjee's Wyndham & Bannerjee series is based in Raj-era India. The main protagonists are Calcutta policemen Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath "Surrender-not" Bannerjee. Mukherjee has stated that this era of colonization in India intrigues him because he did not learn about it in British schooling, and the stories his parents shared about India differed significantly from what he learned in the classroom. [8]

Awards

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2014A Rising Man Telegraph Harvill Secker Crime Writing PrizeWinner [6] [7] [9]
2017 CWA Gold DaggerShortlist [10]
CWA Historical DaggerWinner [3] [11] [12]
HWA Gold Crown AwardShortlist [13]
Jhalak Prize Shortlist [14]
2018 Barry Award for Best First NovelNominee
Edgar Award for Best Novel Nominee [15]
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist [16]
A Necessary Evil CWA Gold DaggerShortlist [17]
CWA Historical DaggerShortlist [17]
CWA Ian Fleming Steel DaggerLonglist [18]
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize Winner [19] [3]
2019Smoke and Ashes CWA Sapere Books Historical DaggerShortlist [20]
CWA Gold DaggerLonglist [21]
HWA Gold Crown AwardShortlist [22]
2020 Edgar Award for Best Novel Nominee [23] [24]
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist [25]
Death in the East CWA Sapere Books Historical DaggerWinner [11] [26]
2021 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist [27]
2022Shadows of Men CWA Gold DaggerShortlist [28]

Publications

Wyndham and Banerjee series

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