Veena Gokhale, an immigrant shape shifter, started her career as a journalist in Bombay. This "tough, tantalizing" city inspired Bombay Wali and other stories, published by Guernica Editions in 2013. Veena came to Canada on a fellowship, returning to do a Masters. After immigrating, she worked for non-profits. Her novel, Land for Fatimah (Guernica, 2018), is partly inspired by the two years she spent working in Tanzania. She teaches English as Second Language, Indian vegetarian cooking and curates an annual South Asian literary event entitled A Garden of Literary Delights. Her latest manuscript is entitled Annapurna's Bounty, Indian Food Legends Retold, and Recipes.