Sonia Faleiro

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Sonia Faleiro
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Faleiro in 2021
Born1977 (age 4748)
Goa, India
Occupations
  • Writer
  • journalist
Years active2006–present
Known for The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing (2021)
SpouseUlrik McKnight
Children1
Father Eduardo Faleiro
Website soniafaleiro.com

Sonia Faleiro (born 1977) is an Indian writer and journalist based in London, UK. Her first novel The Girl was published by Viking in 2006. This was followed by Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars (2010), and the e-single 13 Men (2015). Faleiro's book The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing , was well received by the critics. [1]

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Early life and education

Faleiro was born in Goa, [2] grew up in New Delhi, India, where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, The Girl, which was published by Penguin Viking in 2006.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Faleiro was awarded the 2011 Karmaveer Puraskaar for Social Justice for "drawing attention to India's most vulnerable and writing about them with sensitivity, humanity and integrity". [3] She is the recipient of a runners-up award in the CNN Young Journalist Award of 2006. [4]

Bibliography

Personal life

Sonia Faleiro is the daughter of veteran Indian National Congress politician Eduardo Faleiro. [5] She is married to American businessman and former business partner of politician Rahul Gandhi, Ulrik McKnight. [6] They live in London and have a daughter. [7]

References

  1. Service, Tribune News. "Sonia Faleiro's The Good Girls is a tale of retribution for patriarchy". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. Baher, Olivia (June 2012). "Beautiful Thing a Breakout Book for Sonia Faleiro". Noe Valley Voice. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. "Media Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. "Recognising talent". The Hindu. 22 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. "From Raia to Delhi, and then to the world". The Times of India. 16 August 2015. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. "Who is Ulrik McKnight and what is his connection with Rahul Gandhi?". Onmanorama. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. "Till family court do us apart". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 11 January 2024.