Balli Kaur Jaswal

Balli Kaur Jaswal is a Singaporean author of Punjabi heritage whose fiction explores the lives of South Asian women navigating identity, community, and desire. She has lived in Singapore, Japan, Russia, Australia, and the UK. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows Nikki, a young Sikh woman in London who takes a creative writing class in Southall — only to discover that the elderly Punjabi widows in her class want to write erotic fiction. The novel is a warm, funny, and ultimately moving exploration of female desire, community, and the gap between generations. It was a Reese's Book Club pick and an international bestseller. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers warm, witty fiction that celebrates women's desires and stories across cultures and generations.