Are you curious about the lives of artists and authors you love? Do you love to hear the behind-the-scenes stories of how they create their craft? This is the podcast for you!
Akil Kumarasamy is the author of the novel, Meet Us by the Roaring Sea (FSG, 2022), and the linked story collection, Half Gods, (FSG, 2018), which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, was awarded the Bard Fiction Prize and the Story Prize Spotlight Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, American Short Fiction, BOMB, among others. She has received fellowships from the University of East Anglia, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Yaddo, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She is an assistant professor in the Rutgers University-Newark MFA program. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. #11Questions #AkilKumarasamy #HalfGods #MeetUsByTheRoaringSea
Amal Ghandour is a Lebanese-Jordanian author and blogger (Thinking Fits), with a career that spans more than three decades in the fields of research, communication, and community development. Her book, About This Man Called Ali (2009), was named the first biography of a modern Arab artist by the renowned Historian Philip Mansel. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Ghandour describes her new book, This Arab Life, A Generation's Journey Into Silence, “as a memoir that is not of an individual but of the generation that came of political age in the 1980s in the Levant.” This Arab Life, she adds, “is an intimate rendition of the times that shaped us; the way we internalized our parents' myriad dejections and disappointments; the pragmatism and silence that defined us; and the dispiriting inheritance we inexorably bequeathed our own children.” Follow @11QuestionsPod on Youtube, Instagram & Twitter for more.
Anita Kharbanda is an Indian-American engineer by trade, and a storyteller by heart. She lives in North Texas with her loving husband and two sons. An. avid lifelong reader of all kinds of fiction, she revels in seeing her children do the same. The healing power of letters filled with family history inspired Anita to start writing. She now writes the kinds of stories she's devoured through the years, with one difference. She promised herself she'd write stories about the characters she dreamed of seeing in books growing up, and lift the voices of those who go unheard. When she is not working, writing or reading, she can be found playing board games with her family, watching her sons' sports games, or baking. She loves to travel with her fam icy, but admits she sleeps coziest at home in her own bed. A warm cup of chai, reading a good book, and cuddles with her children are her zen. Yali Books published her debut YA novel, Lioness of Punjab, on September 17, 2022. The story is told from the perspective of Mai Bhago, the first female, Sikh warrior. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. #11Questions #AnitaKharbanda #LionessOfPunjab
Sabina Khan writes about Muslim teens who straddle cultures. She was born in Germany, spent her teens in Bangladesh and lived in Macao, Illinois and Texas before settling in British Columba with her husband and two daughters. Get to know her with 11 questions! Follow #11Questions on Instagram & Twitter for more updates. #SabinaKhan #MeetMeInMumbai
Jesmeen Kaur Deo grew up in northern British Columbia, where she spent most of her childhood daydreaming. She loves books that can make her laugh and tug at her heartstrings in the same paragraph. When not wrapped up in stories, she can be found biking, playing the harmonium, or struggling to open jars. TJ Powar Has Something to Prove is her debut novel. Get to know here with 11 Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. #11Questions #JesmeenKaurDeo #TJPowarHasSomethingtoProve
Naheed Phiroze Patel is a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her writing has appeared in the New England Review, The Guardian, HuffPost, Scroll.in, BOMB Magazine, Public Books, PEN America, The Rumpus, EuropeNow Journal, Asymptote Journal and elsewhere. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Navdeep Singh Dhillon is the author of Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions, an adjunct professor of creative writing and English at Borough of Manhattan Community College, and co-founder of IshqInABackpack, a narrative travel blog. He holds an MFA in creative writing from California State University, Fresno and is a graduate of Voices of Our Nation and the CUNY Writers' Institute. Born in England, raised in Tanzania, Nigeria, Dubai, and Fresno, California, he is a Punjabi boy at heart. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod #11Questions #SunnyGsSeriesofRashDecisions #NavdeepSinghDhillon
Mónica Guzmán lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. She was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle, served twice as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes, and plays a barbarian named Shadrack in her besties' Dungeons & Dragons campaign. She's Director of Digital and Storytelling at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America, host of the Crosscut interview series Northwest Newsmakers, and author of the upcoming title from BenBella Books: I Never Thought Of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod #11Questions #MonicaGuzman #INeverThoughtOfItThatWay
Namrata Patel is an Indian-American writer who lives in Boston. Her writing examines diaspora, dual-cultural identity among Indian-Americans and explores this dynamic while also touching on both—the family's we're born with and those we choose. Namrata has lived in India, Spokane, London, and New York City. Namrata has been writing for most of her adult life and loves creating characters who are relatable and aspirational. Her heroines range from quiet to kick-ass and her heroes are swoon-worthy, if a little flawed. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod #11Questions #NamrataPatel #TheCandidLifeOfMeenaDave
Mona is obsessed with everything romantic, including chocolate, coffee and wine. Mona always loved to write, but did not get serious about it until 2011. She entered a contest where she had to start a short story with the words “Heads we get married, tails we break up”. She ended up losing the contest but she really loved the whole process of creating a plot, developing characers and putting a thought down on paper. Her first novel, Now, Then, Always, is a romance novel based on that prompt. When she's not writing or checking eyes or doing laundry or cooking dinner or chauffeuring around her children, she trains for triathlons and loves to bake. Her favorite part of a triathlon is the bike portion, with swimming a close second. She runs because it's included in the race. She's blessed with an amazing daughter and loving son who have both gone to college. Mona lives in Maryland with her romance-loving husband. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Eve Rodsky is an expert facilitator and the author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space. In Fair Play, she offers working families a completely a time- and anxiety-saving system to solve a universal issue: unequal labor in the home. Eve Rodsky is working to change society one partnership at a time by coming up with a new 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering 2/3 or more of the unpaid domestic work and childcare for their homes and families. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod #11Questions #EveRodsky #FairPlay #UnicornSpace
Jaspreet Kaur, also known as @BehindtheNetra for her poetry, is a spoken word artist, writer and teacher from East London. With an academic background in both history and gender studies and a passion for social justice, Jaspreet has been committed to using writing and spoken word to tackle gender discrimination, mental health stigma, the postcolonial immigrant experience, and taboo issues within the South Asian community. She has been recognized by a number of organizations for her work and was also voted one of the Top 10 Inspirational Sikh Women in the UK. Her debut book, @BrownGirlLikeMe is set for release on 17th February 2022. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod #11Questions #JaspreetKaur #BrownGirlLikeMe
Tif Marcelo is a veteran US Army nurse and holds a BS in Nursing and a Master's in public administration. She believes and writes about the strength of families, the endurance of friendship, heartfelt romances, and is inspired daily by her own military hero husband and four children. She hosts The Stories to Love Podcast and is the USA Today bestselling author of In a Book Club Far Away, Once Upon a Sunset, The Key to Happily Ever After, which was a Target Diverse Book Club pick, The Holiday Switch, and the Heart Resort and Journey to the Heart series. She and her books have been featured in The Today Show, Shondaland, Real Simple Magazine, The Asian Journal, and more! Her website, which includes a link to her newsletter, is www.TifMarcelo.com. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Veera Hiranandani is the author of several novels for young people and the chapter book series, Phoebe G. Green. Her most recent middle-grade novel, How to Find What You're Not Looking For, has received starred reviews from School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly, and is a Junior Library Guild selection. The Newbery Honor winning, The Night Diary, also received the 2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award, the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature, and several other honors and state reading list awards. The Night Diary is a New York Times Editor's Choice Pick, and was chosen as a 2018 Best Children's Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Amazon, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews. Her first novel for young readers, The Whole Story of Half a Girl, was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award Finalist. She earned her MFA in fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute and is working on her next novel. You can find Veera on Twitter @veerahira and Instagram @veerawrites. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Saumya Dave is a writer, resident psychiatrist, and co-founder of thisisforHER. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Refinery29, and others. She lives in New York City with her husband. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
A mother of two small children, Rahela Nayebzadah came to Canada from Afghanistan via Iran when she was two. She holds a doctorate from the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver. Monster Child is her debut novel and she is represented by Denise Bukowski. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Jamila is a graphic designer from Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about the design process within creative problem-solving and loves utilizing her design skills to invest back into communities that have invested in her growth as a learner and solo-preneur. Thru her experience, she seeks to continue to bringing non-profits and mission-based organizations creative solutions to real business problems. She has helped raise public awareness about climate change, created digital touch points for local Black leaders to connect with their community, and centered B2B Black women-led companies through storytelling and human-centered design. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. https://www.instagram.com/11questionspod https://www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Venus is a mum, full-time IT professional and artist. She has taken her childhood dream to create art and spread happy vibes by learning indian folk artforms and other mediums. Her artworks have been exhibited internationally in group exhibitions and competitions. She also owns an online shop where her latest works are accessible. Venus Art Bench is her creative outlet and creating art is her therapeutic muse. She's juggling between multiple artforms, nature walks and life lessons. And she's always collecting more gems of wisdom along the way and loves sharing them. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod
Sara Desai has been a lawyer, radio DJ, marathon runner, historian, bouncer and librarian. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, kids and an assortment of forest creatures who think they are pets. Sara writes sexy romantic comedy and contemporary romance with a multicultural twist. When not laughing at her own jokes, Sara can be found eating nachos. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀ Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Nisha Sharma is the author of the critically acclaimed YA novel My So-Called Bollywood Life and the follow up, Radha and Jai's Recipe for Romance. She also writes adult contemporary romances including The Singh Family Trilogy and If Shakespeare was an Aunty Trilogy (Launching March 2022). Her writing has been praised by NPR, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, Entertainment Weekly and more. She lives in Pennsylvania with her Alaskan husband, her cat Lizzie Bennett and her dog Nancey Drew. You can find her online at http://Nisha-sharma.com or on Twitter and Instagram @nishawrites. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Born in Delhi and raised in central Pennsylvania, Annika Sharma followed her Penn State-loving heart to college in Happy Valley. There, she graduated with two Bachelor's degrees in Biobehavioral Health and Neuro-Psychology. She also holds two Master's degrees from Penn State and George Washington University, respectively, in Early Childhood Special Education and Public Health. She is a co-founder and co-host of The Woke Desi podcast, one of the largest independently run South Asian podcasts in the world. She currently lives in New York City and works as a health communications manager by day, while juggling her writing and podcasting careers by night. She is a lover of endless conversations, college football, social justice, traveling, books, all things related to England, dancing, superhero movies, and coffee. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Liese O'Halloran Schwarz grew up in Washington, DC after an early childhood overseas. She attended Harvard University, and then medical school at University of Virginia. While in medical school, she won the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Prize for her short fiction, and also published her first novel, Near Canaan. She specialized in emergency medicine, eventually returned to writing, and published her second novel, The Possible World , in June 2018. Her third novel, What Could Be Saved, published in January 2021. She currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is at work on the next book. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Lori Nelson Spielman is a former speech pathologist, guidance counselor, and teacher of homebound students. She enjoys fitness running, traveling, and reading, though writing is her true passion. #LoriNelsonSpielman has written bestselling novels like #TheLifeList, #SweetForgiveness, and #TheStarCrossedSistersOfTuscany. She lives in Michigan with her husband and their very spoiled puppy. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀ Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions
Harpreet M Dayal is an interdisciplinary artist, learner, and believer in the power of the arts to connect and heal. Born and raised in London, England she moved to Calgary, Canada in 2015. With a background in finance, moving to Canada encouraged her to explore her creativity and invest in her artistic practice. Since then, Harpreet has published a children's book, 'Wilbert the Worm,' a chapbook of poetry, and is currently working on another poetry collection. In 2017, Harpreet founded ‘Love Notes' an event that gathers artists from across disciplines to create a performative love note to Calgary and beyond. Since its inception, Harpreet has worked collaboratively with Arts Commons to bring Love Notes to their Amplify Cabaret Series, and to Moonlight Market. Currently, Harpreet sits on the board at Handsome Alice Theatre and is a part of TEDxYYC's curatorial team. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions
USA Today bestselling author Falguni Kothari writes “messy love stories” that are “perfect for book groups” and kick-ass fantasy tales. Her novels, most recently The Object of Your Affections, and short stories are all flavored by her South Asian heritage and expat experiences. An award-winning Indian Classical, Latin and Ballroom dancer, she resides in New York with her husband and belts out Karaoke in her spare time. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Award-winning author, Sajni Patel, was born in vibrant India and raised in the heart of Texas. She draws on personal experiences, cultural expectations, and southern flair to create worlds centered around strong Indian women. Once in MMA, she's now all about puppies, rainbows, and tortured love stories. She divides her time between Hawai'i (where honu is her #1 obsession) and Austin (where she not-so-secretly watches Mathew McConaughey from afar during UT football games.) Queso is her weakness and thanks to her family's cooking, Indian/Tex-Mex cuisine is a real thing. She's a die-hard Marvel Comics fan, an ube fanatic, and is always wrapped up in a story. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Dr Katy Munro worked as a GP in the NHS for about 30 years. During this time, she became a person with migraine and became passionate about helping others with this condition. She became a Headache Specialist GP at the National Migraine Centre, a charity providing migraine sufferers with access to high-quality care. She is also a member of the Council of the British Association for the Study of Headaches. Munro was instrumental in starting the Heads Up podcast which educates and helps anyone with, or caring for, a person with migraine. She is also a spokesperson on migraine, having been interviewed on Liz Earle's podcast, the BBC and ITV. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Sailaja N. Joshi is a design thinker, intersectional feminist, mother to two, a bibliophile, an entrepreneur, lover of bold, modern design, diversity activist, and an aspiring dog owner. A Massachusetts native, @SailajaNJoshi grew up a voracious reader. From Leo the Lop to Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Amelia Bedelia, she loved every book she read. If you were to ask her today what her favorite book is, she'd likely say either the Harry Potter series OR The Tao of Pooh. It really depends on the day. She has always been interested in exploring multicultural generations and loves using those skills in new and exciting ways as the CEO and founder of Mango and Marigold Press. @MangoAndMarigoldPress is an award-winning independent publishing house that shares the sweet and savory stories of the South Asian experience. Founded in 2014, the company has produced fourteen books across four different product categories and been featured on The Today Show, Us Weekly, People Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post and so much more. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Sonora Jha, PhD, is an essayist, novelist, researcher, and professor of journalism at Seattle University. She is the author of the novel Foreign, and her op-eds and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Seattle Times, The Establishment, DAME, and in several anthologies. She grew up in Mumbai and has been chief of metropolitan bureau for the Times of India and contributing editor for East magazine in Singapore. She teaches fiction and essay writing for Hugo House, Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, and Seattle Public Library. She is an alumna and board member of Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, and has served on the jury for awards for Artist Trust, Hedgebrook, and Hugo House. Her latest book is How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family. Get to know her with 11 Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi and Irish writer and teacher and the author of The Henna Wars, which Kirkus called "impossible to put down." She is also a contributor for Book Riot. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Soniah Kamal is an award winning novelist, essayist and public speaker. Her most recent novel, Unmarriageable: Pride & Prejudice in Pakistan, is a Financial Times Readers' Best Book of 2019. Her debut novel, An Isolated Incident, was a finalist for the Townsend Award for Fiction and the KLF French Fiction Prize. Soniah's TEDx talk is about second chances and ‘We are the Ink', her address at a U.S. Citizenship Oath Ceremony, talks about immigrants and the real American Dreams. Soniah's work has appeared in critically acclaimed anthologies and publications including @nytimes, @Guardian, @TheAtlantic, @Buzzfeed and more. Soniah grew up in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and England and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Bhavna (@TheModernDesi.Co) is a software professional by day and a passionate cook, lover of history & Urdu poetry at all times. Having moved to Australia 12 years ago, she discovered that she really missed home and the Indian food served in most restaurants & takeaway joints in Australia was very commercial. So, she started to blog and document recipes and memories of home. Over time this passion has grown into more than just a blog and has become an extension of her. Get to know her with #11Questions! Follow on social media: www.instagram.com/11questionspod | www.twitter.com/11questionspod | www.linktr.ee/11questions HELLO FRESH Link: https://hellofresh-ca.o5kg.net/c/2544961/791027/7893 | Code: HFAFF80 | Offer: $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on First Box!
Sara Jafari is a British-Iranian author and editor. Her debut novel The Mismatch was published in 2021. Longlisted for Spread the Word's Life Writing Prize, her writing has also been published in gal-dem and The Good Journal, among other publications. She is also a contributor of the essay collection "I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour (Walker Books, 2019), and Who's Loving You (Trapeze, 2021). She also single-handedly runs TOKEN Magazine, a literary and arts print magazine featuring under-represented writers and artists, as well as working full-time in children's book publishing. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀⠀⠀
An expert on happiness and well-being, Stephanie founded The New Happy based on her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been featured in publications such as Forbes and The Huffington Post and is a frequent keynote speaker on topics including happiness, workplace well-being, burnout, and performance. Previously, Stephanie was a leader at Thrive Global, LinkedIn, and Deloitte Consulting. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Malavika Praseed is a writer, book reviewer, genetic counselor, and the host of the Your Favorite Book podcast. In her show she interviews a new guest every week about one of their all time favorite books and offers her own critical perspective, or just adoring praise. When she isn't immersed in the book world, she's cooking, crafting, and watching baseball on TV. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Alli is a full-time freelance writer, editor, and content manager based in Philadelphia, and the host and producer of the nostalgic, book-focused, feminist-y podcast The SSR Podcast. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing from Temple University in hopes of reaching her ultimate goal: to become a published author! When she's not writing or reading, she's working out, watching embarrassing TV, or hanging out with her golden retriever, Irv. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Heather is a 31 year old mother of two boys and pilot wife living in Southern California. She is a trained physician assistant and practiced emergency medicine for roughly 5 years until she decided to stay home with my boys. Her husband is a pilot and their lives felt chaotic with her husband coming and going and two little boys to keep happy and stable. She wanted to feel less overwhelmed at the start of her day so she began to work on daily habits and small steps to self-improvement. Instantly, she became fascinated with the psychology and neuroscience of habits. She started @HabitMakerMama to encourage others to create sustainable habits and find a community of others working on personal growth. Get to know her with #11Questions!⠀
Sweta Singh ‘Sonee' is a doctoral student at XLRI, author of 'An Egghead's Journal' (2018). She recently compiled and co-authored an anthology called “Unsent Letters from the South Asian Diaspora” that features the open letters from the published and emerging Women and Nonbinary writers of South Asian Origin. These letters touch topics such as self-acceptance, mental health, regional and gender disparity, beauty inclusivity, colorism, values and beliefs, empathy, relationships and inspirations. @sonee.sweta believes that these kinds of collaborations would lead to better representation of voices that are severely underrepresented in the international publishing industry. Get to know her with #11Questions!
Kishan Shah is a writer, story teller, public speaker, spoken word poet and performer where he goes by the pseudonym @SpokenThiiird. He is also the head of his own company, Thiiird World, which has three branches; Education, Arts and Charity. He began writing in 2011 and has since written plays, books and has spoken at schools and universities, which include the London School of Economics where he gave a talk on his latest book 'Diary of a Pilgrim' released January 2019. Kishan travelled around the world to share his latest book and give talks on spirituality and Jainism. On his podcast ‘Thiiird Eye View', he interviews people about their passion. Kishan comes from the relatively unknown Jain faith where he offers views from the eastern tradition which can be used in today's world. Get to know him with #11Questions!
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. Her second book, The Secret Keeper on Jaipur, comes out next week on June 22nd— and you don't want to miss it!
Balli Kaur Jaswal is the award winning author of Inheritance, Sugarbread, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, and The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters. Jaswal's short fiction and non-fiction writing have appeared in the UK Sunday Express, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Conde Nast Traveller and Best Australian Short Stories, among other publications and periodicals. She has travelled widely to appear in international writers festivals to conduct workshops and lectures on creative writing, pursuing an artistic career, the power of storytelling, global citizenship and social justice advocacy through literature. A former writing fellow at the University of East Anglia, Jaswal has taught creative writing at Yale-NUS College and Nanyang Technological University where she is currently pursuing a PhD. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Anu Chouhan is a Punjabi-Canadian illustrator from Vancouver. Growing up, she always knew she wanted to pursue an artistic career and spent a lot of time learning about animation, while drawing inspiration from video games, fashion, anime, bollywood movies, and nature. Upon completion of her Bachelor of Arts degree, Anu received a Commercial Animation diploma and worked as a mobile game artist for several years. During that time, she began sharing her artwork online under the name @anumation. Her unique, edgy, and empowering art which often depicts girls and women of South Asian descent has garnered attention on social media from major publications, brands, and celebrities from around the world. She is currently working as a freelance illustrator from her home studio. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Ishpreet Kaur Bhogal is a writer and author of poetry book, Recovery. She experienced many challenges as a young adult, when her mother was diagnosed with cancer and turned to writing as a form of release. Ishpreet takes us on her road to recovery, where we read about her growth, acceptance and personal development through poetry and prose. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Anuradha D. Rajurkar is a teacher by day and a YA writer by night, who holds two degrees from Northwestern University. She lives in Milwaukee with her husband and two sons. American Betiya is her first novel. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Born in Tanzania and raised in Botswana, Gayatri Sethi is of South Asian Punjabi descent, multilingual, and polycultural. She reflects on these lifelong experiences of identity, immigration, and belonging in her debut book titled #Unbelonging. When she is not homeschooling or recommending readings as @DesiBookAunty, she travels the globe with her students and family. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Candice started off her career at Cosmopolitan as an intern and eventually worked her way over to Elite Daily where she still works as their Senior Sex + Dating Writer. Outside of Elite Daily, she also writes for Cosmopolitan, Tinder Swipe Life, The Cut, and more. As far as topics go, she pretty much covers everything you and your friends have discussed over brunch, from if it's really OK to skip your birth control to why Kourtney and Scott are the greatest exes of all time. She has also written a book: Just Send The Text, and she loves exploring all things sex, dating, and wellness and loves to create work that empowers women to be their most authentic selves when it comes to their love lives. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Disha Mazepa is the host of 'But What Will People Say?,' a South Asian interracial relationship podcast and the creator of Disha Mazepa Designs, a custom design service. Get to know her with 11 questions!⠀ You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Sairish Hussain was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorshire. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Huddersfield and progressed onto an MA in Creative Writing where she began working on her first novel. Get to know her with 11 questions!⠀ You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author and educator, and the author of the award-winning novel: Marriage of a Thousand Lies. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and lives in Canada with her partner, the poet Geoff Bouvier. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Meredith Fineman Meredith Fineman is an entrepreneur, writer, and media expert with over a decade of experience training individuals to use public relations as a catalyst for positive career change. Fineman is the founder and CEO of FinePoint, a leadership and professional development company with a focus on visibility and voice. She speaks and trains a number of topics, and is best known for her speaking and training on women and bragging. Fineman is also the author of Brag Better: Master the Art of Fearless Self-Promotion, and is the creator and host of the second-hand and sustainable fashion podcast, It Never Gets Old, and the secondhand and sustainable fashion newsletter, Secondhand Society™. Her dog, Bean, is her copilot. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
Shana Abraham (@shana.abraham) is a 22-year old global health enthusiast, currently a senior at Duke University, and is a passionate advocate for womxn and girl's rights. Growing up Indian-American, she found there was very limited support for womxn due to the heavy patriarchal influences in both the South Asian and American cultures. She recently published the book RISE: How Empowering Women Elevates Us All, which was written for young womxn and their support networks to better uplift their communities through elevating womxn, and emphasize the idea that anyone can be a changemaker. Shana has just launched RISE Womxn (@risewomxn), a platform to empower young womxn through education on relevant issues, highlighting womxn changemakers, and providing actionable strategies and opportunities to elevate womxn around the world. Get to know her with #11Questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod
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