Richa Bhatt Badola
Richa Bhatt Badola is a freewheeling writer and an educator from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The city finds an echo in almost all her novels. In A Slick Life, she retells the life of her father, Satish Chandra, who was an oilman in one of the foremost corporations in India, the ONGC. His journey with this corporation and his dedication and commitment to his work are what makes the novel interesting. She is a postgraduate in English and has a degree in journalism. Apart from teaching, she writes articles for magazines and newspapers. Presently, she lives in Dehradun with her husband and two children.