1. Salman Rushdie

2. -Born June 19, 1947 -Well educated family -Studied at King’s College in Cambridge

3. Clarissa Luard Marianne Wiggins Elizabeth West Padma Lakshmi

4. In 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on Rushdie

5. GrimusGrimus (1975) Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children (1981) ShameShame (1983) The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan JourneyThe Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) The Satanic VersesThe Satanic Verses (1988) Haroun and the Sea of StoriesHaroun and the Sea of Stories (1990) Imaginary HomelandsImaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981 - 1991 (1992) Homeless by Choice (1992, with R. Jhabvala and V. S. Naipaul)V. S. Naipaul East, WestEast, West (1994) The Moor's Last SighThe Moor's Last Sigh (1995) The Firebird's NestThe Firebird's Nest (1997) The Ground Beneath Her FeetThe Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) The Screenplay of Midnight's ChildrenThe Screenplay of Midnight's Children (1999) FuryFury (2001) Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992 - 2002Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992 - 2002 (2002) Shalimar the ClownShalimar the Clown (2005) The Enchantress of FlorenceThe Enchantress of Florence (2008) The Best American Short StoriesThe Best American Short Stories (2008, as Guest Editor) "In The South." The New Yorker, 18 May 2009In The SouthThe New Yorker Novels: "A fine pickle." The Guardian, 28 February 2009.A fine pickleThe Guardian "Imagine There Is No Heaven.", extracted contribution from Letters to the Six Billionth World Citizen, a UN sponsored publication in English by Uitgeverij Podium, Amsterdam. The Guardian, 16 October 1999.Imagine There Is No HeavenThe Guardian "Mohandas Gandhi." TIME, 13 April 1998.Mohandas GandhiTIME Essays:

6. Midnight’s Children Situated in India at the time of it’s independence

7. The Satanic Verses Very controversial and the reason for Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa

8. Shalimar the Clown International bestseller