Alison Singh Gee's memoir, Where the Peacocks Sing (2013), a National Geographic Traveler Book of the Month, received starred reviews in Library Journal and Booklist. A former staff writer for People magazine, Alison has also written for Vanity Fair, InStyle, International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1997, she won an Amnesty International Award for Feature Writing. She teaches creative nonfiction at UCLA Extension, and lives with husband Ajay and daughter Anais in South Pasadena. Alison is presently working on her second memoir, Cooking for the Maharani: Four Continents, Six Iconic Chefs and One Tall Glass of Revenge, about learning to cook around the world and then making seven nights of feasts for her Indian mother-in-law.