Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi’s first novel, The Last Song of Dusk, won the Betty Trask Award, the Premio Grinzane Cavour, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize. His second book, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Prize. His most recent book is The Rabbit & the Squirrel. A past contributor to TIME, the New York Times and other publications, he lives in north Goa. He has also written a  book of essays, Loss, on death, grief and healing.