Shrabani Basu is an author, journalist and historian. Based in London, she is currently the correspondent for the Calcutta-based Amanda Bazar Patrkia Group and writes for The Telegraph and other publications.

She is the author of two previous books, Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish (Sutton, 2003), and Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan (Sutton, 2006), a compelling biography of the exotic WWII British S.O.E. agent executed by the Gestapo, published to wide critical acclaim. l