Manreet Sodhi Someshwar trained as an engineer, graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and worked in marketing, advertising and consulting. An award-winning writer (Commonwealth Broadcasting Association), she is a book critic for the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. Her debut novel, Earning the Laundry Stripes, was released in 2006 to critical acclaim, with India Today calling it ‘an enjoyable tale of a sassy girl’s headlong race up the corporate ladder…’ Her second novel, The Long Walk Home, released in 2009, has garnered critical acclaim and hit several bestseller lists in India. Gulzar has called it ‘a narrative of pain that knows no borders’. Khushwant Singh has hailed Someshwar as ‘a gifted writer of great promise … a new star rising on Punjab’s literary horizon’. Visit her online at www.manreetsodhisomeshwar.com and http://the-long-walk-home.blogspot.com