Devika Rege was born and raised in Pune. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is at work on a novel, excerpts from which have earned fellowships at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. Check news, press releases and other updates on Quarterlife at www.devikarege.com.

Priyanka Khanna grew up in Mumbai and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, majoring in Sociology and Comparative Literature. After graduation, she worked in the public relations department at Hearst Magazines in New York on publications including O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. She returned to Mumbai and joined the…