MUSHARRAF ALI FAROOQI is the author of the novel The Story of a Widow and the children's picture book The Cobbler's Holiday or Why Ants Don't Wear Shoes. He is currently collaborating on a graphic novel, Rabbit Rap. After his translation of The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Modern Library, 2007), he has published the first book of a projected twenty-four volume translation of the magical fantasy epic Hoshruba (1883-1893). Wesleyan University Press will publish his translation of Afzal Ahmed Syed's Rococo and Other Worlds as part of its Poetry Series in 2010. He has lectured at the World Affairs Council, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley among others. His web site can be found at www.mafarooqi.com