Kiran Nagarkar (b. 1942) was born in Mumbai and studied at the University of Bombay.

Kiran Nagar is a bilingual writer with a difference. He wrote his first novel in Marathi, though he had not written in it before. After that, he moved to writing in English, but translated his second novel Ravan and Eddie back into Marathi.

His creativity and storytelling come to the fore in Cuckold , a fictio-historical account of 15th century Mewar (Rajasthan). His pacy writing makes even profound philosophical concepts lucid.