Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal Trilogy, which chronicles three generations of a Bangladeshi family, from the war of independence to the present day. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1975, Anam was raised in Paris, New York City, and Bangkok. She studied at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, where she received a Ph.D. in social anthropology in 2005. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and a Costa Book Award for best first novel, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. It was followed by The Good Muslim. Anam was named one of Granta magazine's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013. Her writing has been published in New Statesman, Guardian, and Independent, and she has been a contributing writer for the International New York Times since 2013. She is currently on the jury of the Man Booker International Prize. She lives in London.