This site maintained by SAWNET (the South Asian Women's NETwork), provides a good amount of important information about Lahiri. Here you may browse such topics as a short biography of the author, articles about her winning the Pulitzer in 2000, interviews and news clips, and many reviews of her works. A good place to begin gathering information about Lahiri.

Timeasia.com: Jhumpa Lahiri
http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine/99/0913/books.html

Click here to read a "Timeasia.com" review of Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories published in 1999. In this review you can familiarize yourself with Lahiri's style, and (perhaps) read an issue of the Asian version of one of America's favorite magazines.

Rediff on the Net: Jhumpa Lahiri
http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/23us2.htm

At this online magazine you'll be able to read an excellent article by freelance writer Radhika R. Shankar that reveals some inner thoughts of the famous Pulitzer prize winning author, along with some of anecdotes and personal reflections.

Pif.com: Jhumpa Lahiri
http://www.pifmagazine.com/vol28/i_agui.shtml

Use this link to visit the online literary magazine "Pif.com," and you'll access an excellent and intriguing interview by Arun Aguiar. In this interview they discuss Lahiri's stories, her contract to write a novel, and insight into her author's craft.

BIOGRAPHY
Jhumpa Lahiri (b. 1967) was born in London, England of Bengali parents. She was raised in Rhode Island, but made several trips to India throughout her childhood. She received a B.A. in English literature from Barnard college, and then an M.A. in English, an M.A. in creative writing, an M.A. in comparative literature, and a Ph.D. in Renaissance studies from Boston University. She began seriously working on her fiction, and in 1998 published three short stories in The New Yorker. In the following year she published her first collection of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies. The title story was selected for both the O. Henry Award and The Best American Short Stories, and the collection as a whole won the Pulitzer prize in 2000.