—Murad Kalam







				Murad Kalam was born in Seattle, Washington to a Jamaican father and an American mother. In college he published in the Harvard Advocate. While a second-year at Harvard Law School, he published his first short story,"Bow Down", in Harper’s Magazine, which won an O. Henry Award. His first novel, Night Journey (Simon & Schuster) is available in bookstores now. He lives with his wife in Washington, D.C., where he is an attorney. He is at work on his second novel.