Manu Joseph

Joseph was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai. He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai, and dropped out of Madras Christian College to become a staff writer at Society magazine.[2] He is a former editor of OPEN magazine, and a columnist for The International New York Times and The Hindustan Times. In 2007, he was a Chevening Scholar.[3] He currently lives in Delhi.[2] His debut novel Serious Men (2010) won The Hindu Literary Prize and the PEN/Open Book Award. It will be adapted by Sudhir Mishra as a feature film.

His second novel, The Illicit Happiness of Other People, was published in September 2012.[4] The semi-autobiographical[5] novel was described by The Wall Street Journal as a work that "injects dark, rueful laughter into an immensely touching story of loss". He also wrote the screenplay of Love Khichdi (2009).[6]

On January 2014, Joseph resigned as editor of Open magazine.[7]

• 2010 The Hindu Literary Prize won for Serious Men[8][9]
• 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize shortlisted for Serious Men[10]
• 2010 Huffington Post′s 10 best books of the year for Serious Men
• 2011 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlisted for Serious Men[11]
• 2011 PEN Open Book Award won for Serious Men[12]
• 2013 The Hindu Literary Prize shortlisted for The Illicit Happiness of Other People[13]

• Serious Men. Harper Collins India, 2010. ISBN 8172238525.
• The Illicit Happiness of Other People. Fourth Estate, 2012. ISBN 9350293641.
• Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous, 2017. ISBN 9352770447.

• Media related to Manu Joseph at Wikimedia Commons
• Quotations related to Manu Joseph at Wikiquote
• "Can you take it Manu Joseph?" newslaundry.com, 19 July 2012.
• Huffington Post interview, 18 September 2010.