Usha Alexander was born to Indian immigrants who came to the United States in the 1950s and settled in Pocatello, Idaho, where she grew up as the second of three children. Wanderlust and rootlessness have kept her moving: She's lived in four countries, visited dozens of others, and continues to travel as much as she can. At present, she resides near New Delhi, India. Her latest novel, "The Legend of Virinara", set in ancient India, was published by Penguin in 2018. "Only the Eyes Are Mine," her first novel, was selected as a Semi-Finalist in the Multicultural Fiction category for the 2006 Independent Publishers Book Awards.