NYT Bestselling Author Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

In Episode I of this two-part episode of Bollywood and Books, New York TImes best-selling author Alka Joshi talks about her novel The Henna Artist.

In our conversation, Alka talks about her childhood in India and her path to publishing her debut novel The Henna Artist. It’s a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick. It’s also an LA Times Bestseller and a USA Today Bestseller.

The Henna Artist is now a Netflix Project. We’ll talk about that in part two of the conversation.

Alka discusses the reasons she launched an ad agency and hired women to help her implement projects for clients. It was all about empowering women.

 She created the character Lakshmi to give her mother the chance she never had--to lead her life in the independent way in which Alka has been able to lead her own life. She wanted her mother to experience that independence. She talks about her fascinating journey to publication. She advises writers that they need passion, patience, and perseverance--stick-to-itiveness, to get good at what they're doing. 

 Make sure to tune in next week for part two of the episode with author Alka Joshi. We'll talk about the Netflix project for The Henna Artist and book two in the trilogy The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and we’ll discuss the third novel that Alka will publish in 2023.

www.alkajoshi.com

www.thehennaartist.com

Now a Netflix Project

New York Times Bestseller

Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick

LA Times Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

Alka shares her writing tips on her YouTube Channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNLMIc32Z-y4hzkiE3o6rQ. 

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Listen to Episode 11 of the podcast on your favorite podcast players or by visiting the podcast page of my website lovelacecook.com/podcast. You can also find the video version of the podcast on my YouTube channel.

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Welcome to Bollywood and Books. I'm your host Lovelace Cook.

You’ll enjoy part one of a two-part episode featuring my conversation with New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi. In episode 1, Alka talks about her childhood in India and her path to publishing her debut novel The Henna Artist. It’s a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick, and it’s an LA Times Bestseller and a USA Today Bestseller. The Henna Artist is now a Netflix Project. We talk about that in part two of the conversation.

Alka discusses the reasons she launched an ad agency and hired women to help her implement projects for clients. It was all about empowering women.

She created the character Lakshmi to give her mother the chance she never had-- to lead her life in the independent way in which Alka has been able to lead her own life. She wanted her mother to experience that independence.

Alka talks about her fascinating journey to publication. She advises writers that they need passion, patience, and perseverance--stick-to-itiveness, to get good at what they're doing.