Sugunan Njekkad was born in a village in Kerala State, India. After graduating from the University of Kerala, he immigrated to United States during the 1970s where he studied labor...показать большеSugunan Njekkad was born in a village in Kerala State, India. After graduating from the University of Kerala, he immigrated to United States during the 1970s where he studied laboratory science. Appu was originally published in Malayalam, a regional language in India. After the manuscript garnered much media attention, Sugunan translated the novel to English.показать меньше