Anand Ranganathan is a scientist and an author. He has written three books, all novels: The Land of the Wilted Rose (Rupa, 2012), For Love and Honour (Bloomsbury, 2015), and The Rat Eater (Bloomsbury, 2019; co-authored). Soufflé is his fourth novel. His next book is on India's forgotten scientists (Penguin, 2023; co-authored).