Maulik Pancholy

Maulik Pancholy received a Stonewall Honor for his debut middle grade novel, The Best at It (Balzer + Bray, 2019), alongside several other accolades. His sophomore novel, Nikhil Out Loud (Balzer + Bray, 2022), won the Lambda Literary Award for middle grade literature and was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2022.

He is also an award-winning actor whose career has spanned hit television shows (30 Rock, Weeds, Only Murders in the Building), animated favorites (Phineas and Ferb, Sanjay and Craig), the Broadway stage, and many films.

He served on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and he is the cofounder of the anti-bullying campaign Act To Change. Maulik lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his husband, Ryan, and their dog, Arlo.