Manreet Sodhi Someshwar is the author of nine novels including the Partition Trilogy series, the Radiance of a Thousand Suns, Girls and the City, and the Long Walk Home (all HarperCollins); the Mehrunisa thriller series (Westland Books), and Earning the Laundry Stripes (Rupa & Co). Her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and the South China Morning Post, among others. She has taught for the New York Public Library and the City College of New York. She holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York.