A former fashion editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and Asian correspondent for WWD, for whom she still writes, she currently contributes to the Los Angeles Times, Cosmetic News Weekly, Tatler, Crave and numerous other publications. She has also written for the Indian editions of Vogue, Conde Nast Traveller and Grazia Italia. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. She has authored the best-selling books For Matrimonial Purposes, The Village Bride of Beverly Hills, Indie Girl, Salaam, Paris and Bombay Girl. Her books have been published in seventeen languages.