Pronoti Datta was a journalist for over thirteen years, covering culture and society in Bombay. She worked at Time Out Mumbai and The Times of India among other publications and co-founded The Daily Pao, a brief but bright digital magazine that covered Bombay’s food and culture scenes. The city is one of the inspirations of her first novel, ‘Half-Blood’. She lives in Bombay (minus cats and children) and works as an editor of digital content.