Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, @TheAlkaJoshi has lived in the U.S. since the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She ran her own advertising and PR agency for 30 years. The Henna Artist was her first novel. Currently, she is working on the third book of the trilogy and a screen adaption of The Henna Artist. \xa0Her second book, The Secret Keeper on Jaipur, comes out next week on June 22nd\u2014 and you don\u2019t want to miss it! \xa0\xa0\n\U0001f449\U0001f3fd Go to http://linktr.ee/11questions for all episodes. You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more.\xa0instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod