The Ant Who Walked to the Edge of the World
children's-picture-book · First published 2025
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Author guide
Shehan Karunatilaka Books in Order
Shehan Karunatilaka is a Sri Lankan writer and creative director, born in Galle in 1975 and raised in Colombo. He is the author of the novels Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, the short-story collection The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises, and several children's picture books. His work combines dark humor, satire, cricket, Sri Lankan history, politics, mythology, and the supernatural. Chinaman won the Gratiaen Prize, Commonwealth Book Prize, and DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida won the 2022 Booker Prize.
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Shehan Karunatilaka's Newest Book
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Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
The debut novel and the clearest introduction to Karunatilaka's cricket-infused literary fiction.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
His Booker Prize-winning novel and most widely recognized work.
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Books by series
children's picture-book series · ongoing
Baby Baba Books
A series of humorous picture books for toddlers featuring Baby Baba and his family, written by Shehan Karunatilaka and illustrated by Lalith Karunatilaka.
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Novels (2)
Short fiction (1)
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The Birth Lottery and Other SurprisesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 2022