See also: T. Louise Brown, how the name is printed in some editions.

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Louise has lived in Nepal and travelled extensively in India and Pakistan, sparking her enduring love of South Asia. She was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Birmingham, where she taught for nearly twenty years. In research for her critically acclaimed non-fiction books she’s witnessed revolutions and stayed with a family of traditional courtesans in the old city of Lahore.

Louise has three grown-up children and lives in Birmingham.

Her previously published books are: SEX SLAVES: THE TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN ASIA (Virago 2001); THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL (Routledge 1995); WAR AND AFTERMATH IN VIETNAM (Routledge 1991); THE DANCING GIRLS OF LAHORE, a personal account of life in a Pakistani brothel quarter; and EDEN GARDENS about Maisy, the daughter of a Raj with an unexpected story to tell (Headline 2016).

Her lastest book THE HIMALAYAN SUMMER was published by Headline in 2017.