SAM DALRYMPLE's acclaimed debut book, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia, was an international bestseller, a #1 bestseller in India, and was named one of "the best history books to read in 2025" by The Week. It has been translated into three languages (Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam), was shortlisted for the 2025 Eastern Eye Award for History and longlisted for the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2025 for Best Debut. Dalrymple is a Delhi-raised Scottish historian and award-winning filmmaker. He has worked across South and Central Asia and in 2018, he co-founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the 1947 Partition of India. His debut film, Child of Empire, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022, and his animated series Lost Migrationssold out at the BFI the same year. He runs the history Substack @travelsofsamwise.