Amitabha Bagchi’s first novel, Above Average, was published in 2007 by HarperCollins India and became a bestseller. His second novel, The Householder, was published in April 2012 by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins India to critical acclaim. This Place, his third novel, was published in November 2013 in India and in March 2015 in USA by Fourth Estate. It was nominated for the Dublin Impac Literary Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Raymond Crossword Book Award 2014. He lives in New Delhi.