Alka Joshi

{{Short description|Indian novelist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

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| name = Alka Joshi

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| birth_place = Jodhpur, India

| occupation = Author, novelist

| alma_mater = Stanford University
California College of the Arts

| genre = Fiction and nonfiction

| notableworks = The Henna Artist

| website = {{URL|https://alkajoshi.com/}}

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Alka Joshi is an Indian–American author and novelist.{{cite news|title=Yes, It Is Possible to Change History. Write a Novel!|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/review/the-henna-artist-alka-joshi.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 23, 2022}}

Alka Joshi was born in Jodhpur, India. In the 1960s, Joshi and her family moved to the US when she was nine. She received her BA from Stanford University and her MFA from California College of the Arts.{{cite news|title=In Conversation with Alka Joshi, Author of Best-Selling Novel 'The Henna Artist'|url=https://khaleejesque.me/2022/03/06/in-conversation-with-alka-joshi-author-of-best-selling-novel-the-henna-artist/|work=Khaleejesque|access-date=June 23, 2022}}{{cite news|title= The ‘Indian Downton Abbey’: Bay Area author’s ‘The Henna Artist’ celebrates the beauty and complexity of post-independence India |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/18/the-indian-downtown-abbey-bay-area-authors-the-henna-artist-celebrates-the-beauty-and-complexity-of-post-independence-india/|work=The Mercury News|access-date=June 23, 2022}} In 2020, she published her debut novel The Henna Artist, part of her Jaipur Trilogy. Inspired by her mother, Joshi began writing the novel in 2010. The Henna Artist was the May pick for Reese Witherspoon Book Club. It has been translated into more than 20 languages and is being made into a TV adaptation by Netflix, starring Freida Pinto.{{cite news|title=Netflix Acquires ‘The Henna Artist’ Starring Freida Pinto From Miramax TV; Sri Rao To Develop As Part Of First-Look Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/netflix-the-henna-artist-freida-pinto-miramax-tv-sri-rao-to-first-look-deal-1234857998/|work=Deadline|access-date=June 23, 2022}}{{cite news|title=Author Alka Joshi on the art of writing and an exciting Netflix acquisition|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/2022/01/21/author-alka-joshi-on-the-art-of-writing-and-an-exciting-netflix-acquisition/|work=The National |access-date=June 23, 2022}} In 2021, Joshi published her second novel The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, the sequel to The Henna Artist.{{cite news|title= Alka Joshi’s sequel, ‘The Secret Keeper of Jaipur’ continues the saga |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-10-31/alka-joshis-sequel-the-secret-keeper-of-jaipur-continues-the-saga|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=June 23, 2022}}{{cite news|title= 'Henna Artist' Author Publishes Second Novel |url=https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2021-06-29/wed-9-am-henna-artist-author-publishes-second-novel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629213629/https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2021-06-29/wed-9-am-henna-artist-author-publishes-second-novel|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2021|work=Jefferson Public Radio |access-date=June 23, 2022}} Alka Joshi's new book is The "Perfumist of Paris" [https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/happy-pub-day-to-alka-joshi-and-the-perfumist-of-paris/article_1ac1c892-cdca-11ed-a7df-4f6a2ae04f47.html]