Sanjay Nigam was born in India, but left as an infant when his father came to North America for postdoctoral studies. Although he spent most of his young life in Arizona, he regularly returned to India to visit his grandparents in Delhi, where The Snake Charmer, his first novel, is set. Nigam's colorful depictions of Old Delhi are derived from those childhood memories. While pursuing his medical training, Nigam found respite from his grueling medical residency in the world of literature. Eventually, his passion for reading led to his own fiction, which he began to work on while doing scientific research in New York City. There he became involved in writing workshops, and published his first short story—an excerpt from The Snake Charmer—in Grand Street, the prestigious literary magazine. He has published other works in The Kenyon Review, Story, and Natural History. Sanjay Nigam has lived on both coasts and been associated with a number of prestigious medical schools, including Harvard.

Books by Sanjay Nigam

The Snake Charmer

by Sanjay Nigam