found: Wikipedia, 04-29-2020:(Annie Zaidi ; b. 1978 in Allahabad; English-language writer from India; holds a B.A. degree from Sophia College in Ajmer; Zaidi started her career as a journalist; she has had stints with leading newspapers and magazines such as Mid-Day and Frontline; her reportage for Frontline allowed to her to develop material for her book, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales; at the same time, she also began writing a blog called Known Turf; in addition to journalism, she has won numerous awards for her essays, poetry, fiction, short stories, drama, and screenplays; she has directed numerous films; won The Hindu Playwright Award in 2018 and the Nine Dots Prize in 2019 that included a cash prize of $100,000 for her work, Bread, Cement, Cactus, which combined memoir and reportage)