Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator. His latest work, the novel Rabbit Rap (2012) was also illustrated by Michelle Farooqi. They previously collaborated on the story collection The Amazing Moustaches of Mocchhander the Iron Man and Other Stories (2011), shortlisted for the India ComicCon award in the ‘Best Publication for Children’ category. Farooqi’s children’s fiction also includes the picture book The Cobbler’s Holiday Or Why Ants Don’t Wear Shoes (2008). He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Between Clay and Dust (Aleph, 2012), and The Story of a Widow (2009).