Megha Majumdar (born 1987/1988) is an Indian novelist who lives in New York City. Her debut novel, A Burning, was a New York Times best seller.Majumdar was born in Kolkata, India.In 2006, she moved to the United States to study social anthropology at Harvard University.She went on to complete her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, earning a master's degree in anthropology. Books by Megha Majumdar A Burning