Shilpa Agarwal is the author of Haunting Bombay, a bestselling literary ghost story set in 1960's India that weaves together a gripping mystery and haunting supernatural spirits in a story of power and powerlessness, voice and silence in modern India.
In 2003, Shilpa was awarded a First Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers. She earned her B.A. from Duke University and graduate degrees in Comparative Literature from UCLA. She has taught at both UCLA and UCSB in the Asian-American Studies and Women's Studies departments.
- Born
- 20 Mar 1971
- Country
- India
- First book
- Haunting Bombay, 2009
