I am a writer, consultant, and anthropologist. I went through my schooling in India and came to the United States on a full scholarship to Wellesley College. I worked for several years as an economist, and then moved on to become a reputed practitioner in the fields of conflict resolution and leadership development. With degrees from Princeton University (MPA, economics) and Cornell University (PhD, social anthropology), I have taught at the University of California, San Diego and Princeton University, and directed the Leadership Institute at the University of San Diego. I did my doctoral fieldwork in Le Puy en Velay in the Massif Central, in the heart of France. After I started writing long fiction, I attended the fiction workshop at Under the Volcano in Tepoztlán, Mexico in 2017. In 2019, I was awarded an artist/writer residency at Djerassi in northern California. In the summer of 2021, I was an artist/writer in residence at I-Park in Connecticut.
My first novel Night Heron will be published by Archive Books in 2023. I am currently seeking to heave my second novel, Pretty Lights, into a publishing pipeline and revising my novella, Mute, written in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile ideas gather for my fourth work, again a novel.
I am exuberantly informed and opinionated about contemporary art and culture, love long-boarding in Riverside Park, scuba diving in warm water, and dancing awkwardly. I have two grown daughters, and live in West Harlem in New York City.
My first novel Night Heron will be published by Archive Books in 2023. I am currently seeking to heave my second novel, Pretty Lights, into a publishing pipeline and revising my novella, Mute, written in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile ideas gather for my fourth work, again a novel.
I am exuberantly informed and opinionated about contemporary art and culture, love long-boarding in Riverside Park, scuba diving in warm water, and dancing awkwardly. I have two grown daughters, and live in West Harlem in New York City.