Parul SharmaSharma is the author of Bringing Up Vasu, By the Watercooler, Tuki's Grand Salon Chase, and 17, Morris Road. She grew up in the small towns of India, absorbing their rhythms, contradictions, and social codes. She later spent two decadesin qualitative research, listening to how people narrate their lived experiences. These twin apprenticeships in place and in people inform her fiction, which explores memory, belonging, and the evolving idea of home. Parul lives in Singapore with her family.