Khalid Jawed is one of the leading Urdu novelists today. He is the author of fifteen works of fiction and non-fiction, and is a recipient of the Katha Award, the Upendranath Ashk Award and the UP Urdu Academy Award. He is a professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University. Khalid Jawed was awarded the JCB Prize for Literature (2022) for the English translation The Paradise of Food of his book Ne’mat Khana.
His books:
Ek Khanjar Pani Mai
Maut Ki Kitab
The Paradise of Food
Arslan aur Behzad