Jay will be expected to have only Indian friends, if she has any at all. Her aunt is a particular kind of Indian woman with super strict rules for girls and boys. Now she has to move with her mother to her Aunt and Uncle’s house where her cousins live. Her father believed that well educated girls could make successful independent lives. Jay is an only child whose father died some years earlier. Jay’s creative writing exercise is to write a fairy tale, ending ‘and they lived happily ever after’.īut the way her life is panning out she’s not sure it will ever reach that stage.

You can follow her on Twitter THE GIRL IN THE BROKEN MIRROR Her recent books include Stories from the Edge and Even Birds are Chained in the Sky. Her debut novel the Long Weekend is described as ‘an intensely compelling thriller’ which addresses the issue of stranger danger.

She was a Batik artist and teacher before she turned to writing. She graduated with a joint honours degree in politics and philosophy from the University of Wales. Savita Kalhan was born in India but moved to the UK when she was very young.

She’ll be discussing the significance of the quote that opens her novel and the writing process itself, as well as sharing some helpful tips for writers beginning or yet to begin the publishing journey. I’m excited to welcome Savita Kalhan on the blog today to talk about her debut novel The Girl In The Broken Mirror.

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