Shehan Karunatilaka is the award-winning author of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize. Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, he studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam, and Singapore.
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