Sonia Faleiro
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Born1977 (age 48–49)
Goa, India
Occupations
- Writer
- journalist
Yearsactive2006–present
KnownforThe Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing (2021)
Sonia Faleiro | |
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Faleiro in 2021 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) Goa, India |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Known for | The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing (2021) |
| Spouse | Ulrik McKnight |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Eduardo Faleiro |
| Website | soniafaleiro |
Sonia Faleiro (born 1977) is an Indian writer and journalist based in London, UK. Her first novel The Girl was published by Viking in 2006. This was followed by Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars (2010), and the e-single 13 Men (2015). Faleiro's book The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing, was well received by the critics.[1]
Faleiro was born in Goa,[2] grew up in New Delhi, India, where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, The Girl, which was published by Penguin Viking in 2006.[citation needed]