Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
	Roy in 2013
Born	Suzanna Arundhati Roy; 24 November 1961; Shillong, Assam (present-day Meghalaya), India
Occupation	Writer, essayist, activist
Education	Lawrence School, Lovedale
Alma mater	School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Period	1997–present
Genre	Fiction, non-fiction
Notable works	The God of Small Things
Notable awards	National Film Award for Best Screenplay (1988); Booker Prize (1997); Sydney Peace Prize (2004); Orwell Award (2004); Norman Mailer Prize (2011);
Spouse	Gerard da Cunha (m. 1978; div. 1982); Pradip Krishen (m. 1984);
Parents	Mary Roy (mother)
Relatives	Prannoy Roy (cousin)
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

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