Rahul Bhattacharya is the author of the novel The Sly Company of People Who Care, which won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Hindu Literary Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize. Pundits from Pakistan, his first book, was the Crossword Popular Book Award winner and was ranked in the Wisden Cricketer top ten cricket books of all time. He was born in Mumbai and lives in Delhi. His latest book is Railsong, published in 2025.