Getting Tara Back

ALMAS HUSSAIN traces her ancestry to the Nawabs of Jalpaiguri and Simri Bakhtiarpur in Eastern India. Within this patriarchal ethos, it was difficult to be born the fifth daughter in an all-girl family. Luckily, her father Kabir explained to his five-in-a-row girls from the get-go that their feminine lot was not patience and sacrifice but a full-blooded pursuit of happiness and fulfilment. Like her characters, Almas invariably says yes to life. She enjoys writing fast-paced romances and thrillers unveiling the inner strength and resilience of women triumphing over nearly impossible odds. She believes people already have what they?re looking for. Her previous novels have recently been picked up for filming ? Venus With A P*nis bought outright by a leading Indian OTT channel and Daughters of Char Chinar optioned by a major Hollywood motion picture producer. Prior to her writing career, she started up two advertising agencies, Via and Diva. Her current domestic thriller Getting Tara Back was dashed off in two months but reworked upon for two years. Someone?s got to tell Almas one of these days that her characters aren?t real people. Easily distracted by food, films and phonecalls, Almas is an obsessed storyteller when not faffing around with her family and friends. She treats herself to a film a day. After living in Dhaka, Tehran and London, she currently resides in her beloved hometown Kolkata with her husband, Manzer and son, Mikhail. She also has a daughter Soraya who lives and works in London with her husband, Amit and their son, Kaveer.