A little bit about me:

I grew up in South Africa under that horrible system of legalized racism called apartheid.

The first piece of literary work I’m very proud of was a high school essay about the footprints of a father and child disappearing on a beach. I was rewarded with an A+ from my English teacher who rarely gave such accolades.

This little flame of recognition burned bright for many decades while I worked as an eye surgeon and physician scientist developing drugs for the eye.

Decades later, after attending a writing class at my local community center (shoutout for community centers), the flame roared back to life, and the result was Defying Apartheid, a part-memoir/non-fiction book about young activists who fought against apartheid.

A lifelong fan of Agatha Christie, I now draw upon my love of the culture and cuisine of my diverse Indian, African, and American background, to write heartwarming murder mysteries set largely in coastal New England.

My short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Akashic Books, and the Best New England Crime Stories Anthology.

I’m a recipient of the Leon B. Burnstein/MWA-NY Scholarship, and a runner up to the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, a Pitch Wars mentee and mentor, and a member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime.