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Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, and Great Britain. Q & A, his first novel, is being translated into eighteen languages and is due to be made into a film. Swarup currently works in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

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The Statesman, February 11, 2012
...he loves films quite a lot and respects this form of art. If Slumdog Millionaire ~ based on Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A with scant literary merit - managed to sweep the Oscars, there is no reason why Midnight’s Children should not make the cut. The...
New Zealand Herald, January 30, 2012
...not be a favourite. My favourites in this genre include Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and Q&A by Vikas Swarup. The book I'd like to read next is ... out there waiting for me to find. Sometimes this will be through a friend, a review or by...
Daily Comet, January 25, 2012
...Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. The last adaptation to win was Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, based on the Vikas Swarup novel Q & A. — Kristen Wiig (up for original screenplay for Bridesmaids) is the first cast member of Saturday Night Live to receive...
Times of India, January 20, 2012
...other judges for this year's prize are Pulitzer finalist and author of "The Surrendered" Chang-rae Lee and Vikas Swarup, author of "Q&A," which was filmed as the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire." Five Indians were named in the longlist in November....
Man Group, January 18, 2012
...two other judges for this year?s Prize are Pulitzer-prize finalist and author of The Surrendered, Chang-rae Lee, and Vikas Swarup, author of Q&A which was filmed as the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire. To view the full press release please...
Caledonian Mercury, January 18, 2012
...another link to the Mancunian, Hodge has written the script for Six Suspects , based on the book by Vikas Swarup, who wrote Q&A , the story of the Indian kid on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and a BBC series based on Simon Sebag-Montefiore’s life of...
AllVoices, January 15, 2012
...judges for the competition of the year finalists are the Pulitzer-Prize and authors Dell'Arreso, Chang-rae Lee, and Vikas Swarup, the author of "Q & A" which was filmed as the Billionaire Slumdog Oscar winner. A total of 90 books were submitted for entry...
standard.co.uk - londonersdiary, July 25, 2011
...So BBC Films is going Bollywood. It is co-producing the film of the new book by Vikas Swarup, whose debut novel Q&A was turned into the multi-Oscar-winning Danny Boyle film Slumdog Millionaire three years ago. The rights to Swarupâs second novel, Six...
Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial ho, May 21, 2011
...in the UK. Razia Iqbal will be the Chair of Judges for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Vikas Swarup Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat and writer presently serving as India's Consul General in Osaka-Kobe, Japan. His debut novel,  Q&A  (2005), tells...
Scene Asia, May 20, 2011
...the BBC’s Razia Iqbal. The Uganda-born Punjabi-British special correspondent will be joined by Indian diplomat and writer Vikas Swarup (whose “Q&A” was the basis for the hit film “Slumdog Millionaire”) and South Korea-born American writer...
TIME.com: Today's Most Emailed Articles, May 4, 2011
...from the Raj Kapoor era to today. True to its roots, Slumdog, adapted from the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup, ends with a chastely rapturous kiss and an all-out dance number, composed by Bollywood deity A.R. Rahman. Despite its elements of brutality, this is...