Siddhartha Deb is the author of the novels The Point of Return, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and An Outline of the Republic, longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His nonfiction book, The Beautiful and the Damned, was a finalist for the Orwell Prize and received the PEN Open Award. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the London Guardian, New Republic, The Nation, and more. Visit him online at siddharthadeb.com.