Lila Rajiva

{{short description|American writer}}

Lila Rajiva is an American writer. She has undergraduate degrees in economics and English as well as a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University, where she did doctoral work in international relations and political philosophy. She has taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.{{cite web|title=Lila Rajiva|url=http://www.ovguide.com/lila-rajiva-9202a8c04000641f8000000000a74996|publisher=OVGuide|accessdate=16 March 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Trapp|first1=Roger|title=Book review: 'Mobs, Messiahs and Markets', by William Bonner and Lila Rajiva|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/book-review-mobs-messiahs-and-markets-by-william-bonner-and-lila-rajiva-403390.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/book-review-mobs-messiahs-and-markets-by-william-bonner-and-lila-rajiva-403390.html |archive-date=2022-06-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=16 March 2015|work=The Independent|date=September 11, 2007}}

In 2005, Rajiva authored The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib and the American Media, a study of propaganda which examines the place of Iraqi prisoner torture in U.S. culture and politics. Rajiva co-authored Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets with Bill Bonner, which details mass delusions in the markets and politics and explains why they continually arise. The book was awarded the GetAbstract International Book Award for 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.getabstract.com/pages/0/web/BookAward.jsp|title=getAbstract International Book Award}}