Parini Shroff is the bestselling author of The Bandit Queens, which was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a PEN Open Book finalist, and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Women's Prize for Fiction. She received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a practicing attorney and currently lives in the Bay Area.

Praise for The Bandit Queens

"A radically feel-good story."--The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"[A] wild ride . . . very funny--like, laugh-out-loud funny."--NPR

"A rollicking ride rife with memorable characters . . . It also serves up commentary on class, power dynamics and the role of women in society."--Good Housekeeping

"[Parini] Shroff cleverly considers how women might achieve autonomy within rural India's patriarchal society through shrewd, if complicated, female friendships."--The Washington Post

"With acuity, wit, and a certain kind of magic irreverence, Shroff captures the complexity of female friendship, turning on a dime from humor to horror, horror to heart, and then back again, exhilarating her reader until the very last line. Tender, unpredictable, and brimming with laugh-out-loud moments, The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent."--Téa Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland

"At times deeply serious, then laugh-out-loud funny, Shroff has written a sobering but hopeful exploration of womanhood, social injustices, and second chances."--Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Pub date: 2026-07-07

Length: 304 pages