Christopher Kremmer is one of Australia′s most respected and popular writers of narrative non−fiction‚ whose work has been compared favourably with that of V.S Naipaul and William Dalrymple. Educated at the University of Canberra ‚ he spent a decade in Asia working as a foreign correspondent‚ producing a series of award−winning bestsellers‚ including The Carpet Wars‚ Bamboo Palace and his latest book‚ Inhaling the Mahatma‚ a personal history of India. Born in Sydney he divides his time between homes in India and Australia′s Southern Highlands.