I’m honored to speak to international bestselling author Alka Joshi in today’s episode. Alka is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, and The Perfumist of Paris. Her debut novel, The Henna Artist, immediately became a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Pick. It has been translated into 29 languages and is currently in development at @Netflix as a TV series. She was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. She is here to share how she went from writing advertising commercials and marketing copy to becoming a bestselling author after 9 years of writing her first book.

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00:00 – 01:00 – Introducing Alka
01:00 – 08:10 Becoming A Bestselling Author
08:10 – 13:35 Developing The Henna Artist
13:25 – 18:08 Motivation
18:08 – 21:19 Top Qualities
21:19 – 23:03 Pride
23:03 – 27:07 Top Tips
27:07 – 28:00 Future Plans
28:00 – 31:16 Role Models