Sonora Jha is the author of four books, the most recent of which is Intemperance (Harper Via, Oct 2025), which has been described as “a disarmingly honest and urgent book about the human search for love in all corners of existence.” Her previous novel, The Laughter, won the 2024 Washington State Book Award, was longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New Yorker, NPR, and others. Her previous books are the memoir, How to Raise a Feminist Son and the novel Foreign. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Seattle Times, and in several literary anthologies. She is the recipient of awards, fellowships, and residencies from Hedgebrook, Ragdale, the Barry Lopez fellowship at Playa Summer Lake, and others. She teaches Creative Writing workshops for the Richard Hugo House, Story Studio Chicago, and Hedgebrook. Formerly a journalist in India and Singapore, she is now a Loyola Endowed Professor at Seattle University and lives in Seattle.