One novel by this author of The Enchantress of Florence describes Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta, who survive a plane crash over the English Channel. Though he received a fatwa for that novel, this author won a Best of the Booker prize for a novel in which (*) Parvati the Witch, Shiva, and Saleem Sinai are born on the night India gains independence. For 10 points, name this Indian author of 
One novel by this author of The Enchantress of Florence describes Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta, who survive a plane crash over the English Channel. Though he received a fatwa for that novel, this author won a Best of the Booker prize for a novel in which (*) Parvati the Witch, Shiva, and Saleem Sinai are born on the night India gains independence. For 10 points, name this Indian author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children.
One novel by this author of The Enchantress of Florence describes Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta, who survive a plane crash over the English Channel.
Sir (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie