After an academic career spanning California to London, and having produced fifteen books on Indian culture, Stuart Blackburn began writing novels. He won the MM Bennetts prize for historical fiction with Into the Hidden Valley (2016), which drew on his research in a tribal area of India. He lives with his wife on the south coast of England.

After an academic career spanning California to London, and having produced fifteen books on Indian culture, Stuart Blackburn began writing novels. He won the MM Bennetts prize for historical fiction with Into the Hidden Valley (2016), which drew on his research in a tribal area of India. He lives with his wife on the south coast of England.

After an academic career spanning California to London, and having produced fifteen books on Indian culture, Stuart Blackburn began writing novels. He won the MM Bennetts prize for historical fiction with Into the Hidden Valley (2016), which drew on his research in a tribal area of India. He lives with his wife on the south coast of England.