Bestselling author Alka Joshi talks with Kelley Vick about her latest novel, SIX DAYS IN BOMBAY, the unsung Hungarian-Indian painter whose mysterious death inspired the book, writing an accidental trilogy, the 2 mistakes beginning authors make, how she persisted for 9 years to get her first novel published (which became an international bestseller), and much more.

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