Description: (Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist)
Arundhati Roy is a highly regarded Indian author known for her novel The God of Small Things, which garnered the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997. She is celebrated as the top-selling non-expatriate Indian author and is also recognized for her impactful activism in human rights and environmental advocacy. Roy's contributions have been acknowledged with the esteemed 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, underscoring her influential presence in both the realms of literature and activism.