Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro is an Indian writer and journalist based in London, UK. Her first novel The Girl was published by Viking in 2006. This was followed by Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars, and the e-single 13 Men. Faleiro's book The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing, was well received by the critics.
Faleiro was born in Goa, grew up in New Delhi, India, where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, The Girl, which was published by Penguin Viking in 2006.
Awards
Faleiro was awarded the 2011 Karmaveer Puraskaar for Social Justice for "drawing attention to India's most vulnerable and writing about them with sensitivity, humanity and integrity". She is the recipient of a runners-up award in the CNN Young Journalist Award of 2006.
Personal life
Sonia Faleiro is the daughter of veteran Indian National Congress politician Eduardo Faleiro. She is married to American businessman and former business partner of politician Rahul Gandhi, Ulrik McKnight. They live in London and have a daughter.