Tishani Doshi was born in the city formerly known as Madras in 1975.She has published seven books of poetry and fiction. Her essays, poems and short stories have been widely anthologized. She is Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing at New York University, Abu Dhabi.
Tishani’s debut novel, The Pleasure Seekers, was shortlisted for the Hindu Literary Prize and long-listed for the 2011 Women’s Prize for Fiction (then the Orange Prize)
