Thrity Umrigar

Thrity Umrigar is an Indian-American journalist, critic, and novelist.

Career

Umrigar received a Bachelor of Science from Bombay University, an M.A. From Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University.

She has written for the Washington Post and the Cleveland Plain Dealer and regularly writes for The Boston Globe 's book pages. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Case Western Reserve University. She is active on the national lecture circuit.

Born and raised in Bombay, India, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio. She practices Zoroastrianism and belongs to the Parsi community of India.

Works

• Bombay Time (2001)
• First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood (2004)
• The Space Between Us (2006)
• If Today Be Sweet (2007)
• The Weight of Heaven (2009)
• The World We Found (2012)
• The Story Hour (2014)

Recognition

• 2000 - Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University
• 2006 - Finalist for the PEN/Open Book award
• 2009 - Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature
• 2013 - Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian General Fiction category for her novel, The World We Found