Thrity Umrigar
A journalist for seventeen years, Thrity Umrigar has written for the Washington Post, the Plain Dealer, and contributes regularly to the Boston Globe's book pages. She teaches creative writing and literature at Case Western Reserve University. The author of five novels including Bombay Time, The Space Between Us, and her latest, The World We Found. She is also the author of the memoir First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood.