Reshma Ruia is an award-winning author and poet. Her first novel, Something Black in the Lentil Soup, was described in the Sunday Times as ‘a gem of straight-faced comedy’. She has published a short story collection, Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness, and a poetry collection, A Dinner Party in the Home Counties, and she has had work commissioned by the BBC. Born in India and brought up in Rome, her writing explores the preoccupations of those who possess a multiple sense of belonging.