Hirsh Sawhney is the editor of Delhi Noir, a critically-acclaimed anthology of original fiction published by Akashic Books and HarperCollins India. The book is being translated into French and Italian. Joyce Carol Oates selected his short story "A Bag For Nicholas" for her New Jersey Noir anthology, which Akashic will publish this Fall.

Hirsh's criticism has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, and Time Out New York, and his work has also been featured in The Financial Times, The Guardian, Outlook Traveller, and Helsinki's Vihreä Lanka. He is an Associate Editor at Wasafiri Magazine, a Contributing Editor for The Brooklyn Rail, and an adjunct professor of creative writing at Drew University. He is working on his first novel.