Debotri Dhar was educated in India, the United Kingdom and the United States. Her first novel, penned at eighteen, was reviewed by several Indian newspapers and journals. Her short stories have since appeared in literary magazines, journals and anthologies in India, UK, USA, Singapore, Canada, and elsewhere. Her most recent work of fiction is a collection of short stories. Delightfully fond of both fact and fiction, Debotri juggles creative writing with her day job as an academic. She earned a Bachelor's degree from Delhi University, a Master's degree in Women's Studies, with distinction, from the University of Oxford, UK, and a Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University, USA. She previously taught at Rutgers University and held a research affiliation with Boston University, was a visiting faculty member at the College of Wooster, Ohio, and is currently a Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "The Courtesans of Karim Street" is her second novel
