Alka Joshi
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Alka Joshi | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Stanford University California College of the Arts |
| Notable works | The Henna Artist |
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Alka Joshi is an Indian-American author known for her novel The Henna Artist.[1]
Alka Joshi was born in Jodhpur, India.[2] She and her family moved to the United Statesin 1967, when Joshi was nine.[3]
She received her Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and her Master of Fine Arts from California College of the Arts.[4][5]
Career
Joshi began writing her debut novel, The Henna Artist, in 2010 and it was published in 2020.[6] The Henna Artist was the May 2020 pick for Reese's Book Club.[7] It is being made into a TV adaptation by Netflix, starring Freida Pinto.[8][9]
In 2021, Joshi published her second novel, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, the sequel to The Henna Artist.[10][11] The final book in the Jaipur Trilogy, The Perfumist of Paris, came out in 2023.[12]
In 2025, Joshi released Six Days in Bombay, a historical mystery loosely based on the life of Amrita Sher-Gil.[13]