Jeet Thayil

Jeet Thayil is a poet, novelist, librettist, and musician. The first installment of his Bombay Trilogy, Narcopolis, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the DSC Prize, and became an unlikely bestseller. His essays, poetry, and short fiction have appeared in The New York Review of Books, Granta, TLS, Esquire, The London Magazine, The Guardian, and The Paris Review, among other venues. His latest poetry collection, I’ll Have It Here, has been awarded the Banaras Lit Fest Book Award 2025.