Author

Shiva Naipaul

1 book, mostly biography, for Random House Audio, 2026

Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was a Trinidadian-born British novelist, travel writer, journalist, and essayist. He wrote the novels Fireflies, The Chip-Chip Gatherers, and A Hot Country, as well as nonfiction travel books including North of South and Journey to Nowhere. His fiction and reportage explored postcolonial societies, cultural identity, and political upheaval; The Chip-Chip Gatherers won the 1973 Whitbread Literary Award.