Nandini Bajpai grew up in New Delhi, India, one of four sisters and many cousins, in a family that liked to read. She lived and worked in India, Australia, and the US, before settling in the Boston area with her husband, kids, and a fluctuating number and variety of pets. In India, she is the author of Red Turban White Horse (Scholastic India), Starcursed (Red Turtle), and Rishi and the Karmic Cat (Red Turtle). The YA contemporary A Match Made in Mehendi is her US debut, due to hit shelves in Spring 2019.