Diesel, a Bookstore hosts Alka Joshi for a discussion and book signing for her books, "The Henna Artist" and "The Secret Keeper of Jaipur."

Alka Joshi was born and raised in India until the age of 9, when her family moved to the United States for her father’s doctorate education. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. At age 62, Joshi published her debut novel, The Henna Artist, which immediately became a New York Times bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub pick, was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was translated into 26 languages, and is being developed into a Netflix limited series. The sequel, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, released June 2021 is also being translated into several languages.

This event is free to attend and will be held in the courtyard at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood.