Nepal, Jan. 2 -- Samrat Upadhyay is a Nepali-born fiction writer based in the United States. His debut short story collection, 'Arresting God in Kathmandu' (2001), was the winner of the 2001 Whiting Writers' Award. His first novel, 'The Guru of Love' (2004), was a New York Times Notable Book. Books like 'Buddha's Orphans' (2010), 'The City Son' (2014), and 'The Mad Country' (2017) are his critically acclaimed books.

His latest novel, 'Darkmotherland', is a dystopian novel that explores themes of political corruption, authoritarianism, personal ambition, identity, and the collision of Eastern and Western cultures in a globalised world. He is also a Professor of Humanities at Indiana University, where he teaches creative writing.

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