Kavita Daswani is an Indian-American author. All three of her novels deal with the Indian practice of arranged marriages, and features heroines that refuse to go along with tradition. Career She grew up in Hong Kong, starting her career at age 17 as a journalist for South China Morning Post. She moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Her books represent the changes taking place in the diaspora Indian communities, especially regarding institutions such as marriage, the wife's role in families, and increasing opportunities for women. Daswani's combination of humor and culture tension make her books an escapist read. She was once matched with a man in Nashik, India, who, it turned out, had spent two days in jail for having strippers in his bar. She has been a fashion correspondent for CNN, CNBC Asia, and Women's Wear Daily, has written for the Los Angeles Times and the International Herald Tribune, among many other publications, and has been the fashion editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. References 1971 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American novelists of Indian descent American women novelists American women writers of Indian descent American women journalists American writers of Indian descent Hong Kong people 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers