Sonora Jha author biography, plus links to books by Sonora Jha.

Sonora Jha

Sonora Jha is the author of the novels The Laughter and Foreign, and the memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore, she moved to the United States to earn a PhD in media and public affairs. Sonora and her work have been featured in the New York Times and literary anthologies, on the BBC, and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism at Seattle University and lives in Seattle.

This biography was last updated on 10/14/2025.

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