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English-language Indian novelist

Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels A Better Man, Mistress, and Lessons in Forgetting.^[1] She has also written poetry, essays, short stories, crime fiction, historical fiction, romance, and children's literature, including Muezza and Baby Jaan: Stories from the Quran.^[1]

Early life and education

Nair was born in Shoranur in Palakkad district of Kerala.^[2][3] Nair was educated in Chennai (Madras) before returning to Kerala, where she gained a BA in English Language and Literature.^[4]

Career

Nair was working as the creative director of an advertising agency in Bangalore when she wrote her first book, a collection of short stories called Satyr of the Subway, which she sold to Har-Anand Press.

The book won her a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.^[5] Nai