Sheeba Shah hails from Kathmandu, and is the author of three novels—Beyond the Illusions, Facing My Phantoms and The Other Queen (Sangri-La Publications). The Other Queen is a bestselling work of historical fiction in English, and also in Nepali, in which it sold over 5,000 copies in the first year of publication. All three novels are being studied by M.Phil. students for their theses in Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.