Nawaaz Ahmed is a transplant from Tamil Nadu, India. Before turning to writing, he was a computer scientist, researching search algorithms for Yahoo. He holds an MFA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is the winner of several Hopwood awards. He is the recipient of residencies from Macdowell, VCCA, Yaddo, and Djerassi. He is a former Kundiman and Lambda Literary Fellow. Radiant Fugitives, his first novel, was longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2021), and the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize.
From the Archives: Manil Suri gets into the nitty-gritty of novel writing—throwing out hundreds of pages, rewriting histories, and choosing between plot and character—with Nawaaz Ahmed.
