Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. The Shadows of Men (2021) is the latest instalment in the series. He has won the CWA Historical Dagger and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and HWA Gold Crown.
His novels, A Rising Man and Smoke and Ashes were both selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of The Sunday Times 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.
