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Amitava Kumar was born in 1963. He is the author of several works of literary non-fiction and has edited five anthologies. His non-fiction book, Husband of a Fanatic, was on the "Editors' Choice" list in the New York Times. Kumar has also written the script for a prize-winning documentary. The novel Home Products was published in early 2007 by Picador-India, and was short-listed for one of India's top literary prizes, the Crossword Award. His forthcoming book, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, is a writer's report on the global war on terror. He is Professor of English at Vassar College.