Rushdie bụ onye a ma ama n'ihe banyere akụkọ ihe mere eme na ihe nkiri. Ọ lụrụ nwunye mbụ ya bụ Clarissa Luard site na 1976 ruo 1987 ma mụta nwa nwoke, Zafar (amụrụ 1979). Ọ hapụrụ ya n'etiti afọ 80 maka onye edemede Australia bụ Robyn Davidson, onye enyi ha bụ Bruce Chatwin mere ka ọ mata ya. Nwunye nke abụọ ya bụ onye edemede America bụ Marianne Wiggins; ha lụrụ na 1988 ma gbaa alụkwaghịm na 1993. Nwunye nke atọ ya, site na 1997 ruo 2004, bụ Elizabeth West; ha nwere nwa nwoke, Milan (amụrụ 1997). Na 2004, ọ lụrụ onye India America bụ Padma Lakshmi, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, ihe nlereanya, na onye na-akwado ihe ngosi telivishọn nke America Top Chef. Alụmdi na nwunye ahụ kwụsịrị na July 2, 2007. Ajụjụ: Mgbe alụmdi na nwunye ahụ kwụsịrị?
2 Julaị 2007