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Swarup, Vikas
PERSONAL: Son of lawyers; married; children: sons.
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Hobbies and other interests: Quiz shows, Indian and Western music, table tennis, lawn tennis, cricket.
ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
CAREER: Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, India, diplomat.
WRITINGS:
Q & A (novel), Scribner (New York, NY), 2005.
ADAPTATIONS: Q & A has been adapted as an audiobook.
SIDELIGHTS: Writer and quiz-show enthusiast Vikas Swarup is a diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service who has served in a variety of posts in the United States, Turkey, Ethiopia, and Great Britain.
A first-time novelist, he is the author of Q & A, which is about an impoverished Indian waiter who shows that simply living a receptive life can teach as much, or more, than any formal training or elite education.
"Swarup's fanciful debut is based on a sound premise: you learn a lot about the world by living in it,