Bio

Naeem Murr, a dual US and UK citizen, is the author of three novels The Boy, which was a New York Times Notable Book, The Genius of the Sea, and The Perfect Man, which was awarded The Commonwealth Writersʼ Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His new novel, Every Exit Brings You Home, will be published by Norton in 2026. His work has been translated into many languages. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, among his many awards are a Pushcart Prize, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.