Sonia Faleiro

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Indian journalist and writer Sonia Faleiro was born in Goa, and has lived in New Delhi and Edinburgh. She is currently based in Mumbai.

The Girl (Viking, 2006)is her first novel, and was published to critical acclaim. A short story, Stupid, is featured in First Proof : The Penguin Book of New Writing From India II (July, 2006). Her short story Outkast D'Souza will appear in Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa (Penguin) in November, 2006. She is currently writing her second book, a non-fiction account of Mumbai's dance bars.

Sonia's non-fiction has appeared in India Today, The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, Third World Resurgence, Tehelka, Time Out, Himal SouthAsian, Maxim, and Travel +Leisure.

Her reportage includes a six-part series on the bar dancers of Mumbai;The Dying of the Evening Stars; a six-part series on India's domestic workers; The Other Half, and extensive writings on the farmers suicides in Vidarbha;Death of a Son, Grandson, and All of Life's Dreams

For more information including new reportage, reviews of her work, and press, visit her website. (http://soniafaleiro.com). Also see, (http://soniafaleiro.blogspot.com), which won Best Topical Indiblog in 2006.