Parini Shroff wrote her first short story at the age of the seven. Entitled "The Magic Hole," it may very well be her best work, but at MacDowell, she worked on her third manuscript (a novel) nonetheless. She loves irreverent comedy, inappropriate laughter, eating, turbulence on airplanes, wine, '90s Disney movies, music festivals, and dancing.
Parini received her M.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied under Elizabeth McCracken, Alexander Chee, and Cristina García. She is a practicing attorney and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bandit Queens is her debut novel.
