Peggy Mohan

Born in Trinidad, West Indies, Peggy Mohan studied linguistics at the University of the West Indies and pursued a PhD in the same from the University of Michigan. She has taught linguistics at Howard University, Washington D.C., Jawaharlal Nehru University and Ashoka University, and mass communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

She is the author of Wanderers, Kings, Merchants (2021), which won the Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award. Peggy has dabbled in cartoon animation, produced a television series in Hindi for children and taught music. She lives in New Delhi.