Ashwini Devare

Ashwini Devare is an award-winning author and broadcast journalist. Ashwini worked in television news for 15 years before turning to full-time writing. She was an on-air reporter and producer for the BBC’s Asia Business Report in Singapore and a presenter for CNBC Asia in the mid-90s, when the channel first entered the Indian market. Ashwini’s latest book, Always a Foreigner: A Memoir, is a coming-of-age memoir that chronicles her nomadic journey through six countries, against the backdrop of historic political events. It was previously published as Lost at 15, Found at 50, was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 and won the Singapore Literature Prize Readers’ Favourite English Book Award 2020. Her first book, Batik Rain, was a collection of short stories that explore the theme of displacement and cross-cultural conflict. Ashwini has a Master’s degree in broadcast journalism from American University in Washington DC. She has two sons, one who is studying chemistry, and the other, a budding filmmaker. When Ashwini isn’t writing, she is either reading or walking. She lives in Singapore.