Sonia Faleiro

Who is Sonia Faleiro?

Sonia Faleiro, is an award-winning Indian reporter and writer. She grew up in New Delhi 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 2005. India Today magazine described the book as 'epic', dazzling' and 'strangely dark''. Faleiro has reported for India Today magazine and in 2007 joined Vogue as a Contributing Editor. Faleiro has contributed to several anthologies, among them AIDS Sutra: Hidden Stories from India. The Guardian described her essay in AIDS Sutra as 'urgent' and 'stark'.

Faleiro's second book, Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars is a work of narrative non fiction, based on five years of research in Bombay's dance bars. Beautiful Thing has been described as 'brilliant and unforgettable, a book by a writer who is one of the best of her generation'. It was Time Out magazine's 'Subcontinental Book of the Year, 2010' and 'CNN's Mumbai Book of the Year' . Beautiful Thing is an Economist 2011 "Books of the Year", a Guardian 2011 "Books of the Year" and The Sunday Times 2011 "Best Travel Book of the Year"