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Have you considered writing a book? Best-selling author Alka Joshi talks about creativity and what it took to write her novel, “The Henna Artist,” based upon her native country of India and her mother’s experience re-imagined. Alka became a first-time author at age 62 and her book became an immediate best-seller. Today she talks about being an immigrant to the USA, the honoring of traditions, the plight of young women in Southeast Asia with education and arranged marriages, and her second book, “The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.” She is currently working on the third novel in the trilogy and happily shares her creative writing process. Info: alkajoshi.com
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Have you considered writing a book? Best-selling author Alka Joshi talks about creativity and what it took to write her novel, “The Henna Artist,” based upon her native country of India and her mother’s experience re-imagined. Alka became a first-time author at age 62 and her book became an immediate best-seller. Today she talks about being an immigrant to the USA, the honoring of traditions, the plight of young women in Southeast Asia with education and arranged marriages, and her second book, “The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.” She is currently working on the third novel in the trilogy and happily shares her creative writing process. Info: alkajoshi.com

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