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Saba Imtiaz is a journalist based in Karachi. Her work has appeared in the Guardian and the Christian Science Monitor. This is her first novel.

After receiving a BA degree in English literature in Mumbai, Tanuja Chandra completed a master of fine arts degree in film direction and writing in the US. She returned to India and directed shows and films for television, after which she co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues for Mahesh Bhatt’s films Zakhm and Tamanna, and co-wrote Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai.
She began directing feature films in 1998 with Dushman and made Sangharsh, Sur and the English-language film Hope and a Little Sugar, among others. Her films have received awards in various categories and her English film received recognition in international film festivals. Through her career, she has regularly written articles for newspapers and magazines on social subjects, current topics and cinema.

Medha Kudaisya did her PhD in South Asian history at the University of Cambridge. She is a professor in Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at National University of Singapore. She has previously published The Life and Times of G.D. Birla.

Owen Bennett-Jones has reported for the BBC from over sixty countries. He is the author of Pakistan: Eye of the Storm. Bennett-Jones has won journalism prizes and written for the Financial Times, the Guardian and the London Review of Books. He lives in Anglesey, Wales.