Jonathan Gil Harris

Jonathan Gil Harris is descended from a long line of migrants on both sides of his family. Born in New Zealand and educated in England, he worked in the US for 23 years before moving to India in 2011. He is the author of the best-selling The First Firangis (2015) and Masala Shakespeare (2018), as well as many other books. He now lives in Delhi where he was Founding Dean at Ashoka University. His new book, The Girl from Fergana: Secrets of My Mother’s Chinese Tea-Chest, has just been published by Aleph.