Nisha Sharma

Nisha Sharma is an American author of adult and young adult contemporary romance with South Asian characters, and of Hindu-mythology-inspired fantasy. Her debut, My So-Called Bollywood Life (2018), won a RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance.

Her other books include Radha and Jai's Recipe for Romance, the Singh Family series, the If Shakespeare Were an Auntie trilogy beginning with Dating Dr. Dil, The Karma Map, The Letters We Keep and Illusions of Fire. She also writes speculative romance as Nina Saxena.

She holds degrees from Muhlenberg College, Wilkes University and Hofstra University, and lives in the Philadelphia suburbs.