Jhumpa Lahiri (born 11 July 1967) is an author of Bengali Indian descent. Lahiri's debut Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name starring Tabu and Irfan Khan.
Lahiri's writing is characterized by her "plain" language and her characters, often Indian immigrants to America who must navigate between the cultural values of their birthplace and their adopted home.
Her latest short story collection is named "Unaccustomed Earth"
