Vikram Seth, born June 20, 1952 is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist. An unusually forthcoming writer whose published material is replete with un- or thinly-disguised details as to the personal lives of himself and his intimates related in a highly engaging narrative voice.

He has written great books in every genre: verse novel (The Golden Gate), travel book (From Heaven Lake, the winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award), and epic masterpiece (A Suitable Boy).