| Manu Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kottayam, India |
| Education | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Journalist and Author |
Manu Joseph (born 1974)[1] is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the current editor of OPEN magazine. He won the 2010 The Hindu Literary Prize for his debut novel Serious Men.[2] Earlier it was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. It was included in Huffington Posts 10 best books of 2010.[3] In 2011, it was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.
Joseph was born in Kottayam, Kerala and grew up in Chennai. He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai and dropped out of Madras Christian College to become a staff writer at Society magazine.[1] He has been the features editor of The Times of India and has written for The Independent and Wired. In 2007, he was a Chevening Scholar.[4] He currently lives in Delhi.[1]