Who was the author of the book on which the 2008 movie starring Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail was loosely based?
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail: Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (Urdu: ‎ , Hindi: अजहरुद्दीन मोहम्मद इस्माइल ) (born 1998) is an Indian child actor, who played the youngest version of Salim Malik in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Slumdog Millionaire: Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and produced by Christian Colson. Slumdog Millionaire:  Set and filmed in India, it is a loose adaptation of the novel "Q & A" (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup, telling the story of Jamal Malik, age 18, from the Juhu slums of Mumbai.
Vikas Swarup