i was born in 1971 in lahore, pakistan, where i grew up. i attended princeton university and harvard law school, worked for several years as a management consultant in new york and as a freelance journalist in lahore, and now live mainly in london. i published my first novel, moth smoke, in 2000, and my second novel, the reluctant fundamentalist, in 2007.
the photo of me on my home page was taken by ed kashi in old anarkali, lahore.