Deepa Anappara's debut novel, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, was named as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Guardian and NPR. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Indian Literature. Anappara is the co-editor of Letters to a Writer of Colour, a collection of personal essays on fiction, race, and culture. The Last of Earth is her second novel.