Alka Joshi

Alka Joshi is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of literary fiction. Her debut The Henna Artist (2021) — set in 1950s Rajasthan — became a Reese's Book Club pick and launched the Jaipur Trilogy. Joshi draws on her Indian heritage to explore women's autonomy, art, and ambition in post-independence India. She worked as an advertising executive for over two decades before publishing her first novel at age 62.