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Keerthi Swaroop (Hindi: विकास स्वरूप) is an Indian novelist and diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, Great Britain and South Africa, best known for his novels Q & A and Six Suspects.

Early life
Keerthi Swaroop was born in Sakleshpur, Karnataka in a Orthodox family. He did his schooling from Jyoti Convent, Arkalgud and pursued further studies at RV College of Engineering with Telecommunication.

Career
Vikas Swarup joined IFS in 1986.

He is presentely, since August 2009, posted in as India's Consul-General to Osaka, Japan. . Since August 2006, he was posted in Pretoria as India's Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa. His debut novel, Q and A, tells the story of how a penniless waiter in Mumbai becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history. Critically acclaimed in India and abroad, this international bestseller is being translated into 41 languages. It was shortlisted for the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and won South Africa’s Exclusive Books Boeke Prize 2006, as well as the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair. Most recently, it was voted winner of the Best Travel Read (Fiction) at the Heathrow Travel Product Award 2009.