Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including the Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies; the first novel in the Ibis trilogy, The Glass Palace; and the forthcoming Ghost-Eye. His nonfiction writing includes The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg’s Curse, and Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories.