Answer: rushdie

AnswerCrossword Clue
RUSHDIE"Satanic Verses" author
RUSHDIEAuthor not in favor in Iran
RUSHDIE"The Satanic Verses" author
RUSHDIEControversial author
RUSHDIEAuthor born in Bombay
RUSHDIEMuch sought-after author
RUSHDIE"The Satanic Verses" novelist
RUSHDIE"Joseph Anton: A Memoir" autobiographer
RUSHDIEIndian-born writer of the 1981 Booker Prize
RUSHDIE"Shalimar the Clown" author