Sonora Jha
Seattle, WA
Fiction
Sonora Jha is the author of three books, most recently the novel The Laughter (2023), which is long listed for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize and was named a Best Book of 2023 by the New Yorker, NPR, Powell's Bookstore, and others. Her debut novel, Foreign (2013) was a finalist for the Shakti Bhatt Prize and the Hindu Prize and was long listed for the DSC Prize. Her memoir, How to Raise a Feminist Son (2021) has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and German. After a career in journalism in India and Singapore, Dr. Jha is now a professor of journalism and an associate dean at Seattle University, USA. Her Op-eds and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Seattle Times, DAME, and several anthologies. Sonora also teaches creative writing workshops for Hugo House, Hedgebrook, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere.