Jerry Pinto is the author of the novels Murder in Mahim (2017) and Em and the Big Hoom (2012; winner of the Hindu Prize and the Crossword Book Award), and the non-fiction book Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (2006; winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema). His children's books include A Bear for Felicia, Monster Garden, When Crows Are White and Postcards from Bombay. In 2016, Jerry Pinto was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award.