Shobhaa De, voted by Reader's Digest as one of 'India's Most Trusted People' and one of the '50 Most Powerful Women in India'by Daily News and Analysis , is one of India's higest-selling authors and a popular social commentator.

Her works, comprising both fiction and non-fiction, have been featured in comparative literature courses at universities abroad and in India.

Her writing has been transalated into many languages as well as French, German,Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian , Spanish and Turkish. She lives in Mumbai with her husband and six children.