Amitav Ghosh is a Bengali Indian author. His 2008 novel Sea of Poppies was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, it is the first in his recently completed Ibis trilogy. His most recent novel, Flood of Fire (Penguin) was the final book in this series and was published in 2015. His previous books include the novel The Glass Palace, and the essay-collection Dancing in Cambodia, an extract of which appeared in Granta 44.