Born and educated in Chennai, Sheba Jose worked in the newspaper industry for a few years. But finding that journalism had to be an almost 24-hour job if one were to do it well, she decided to take a break to spend more time with her family and also to start to write fiction, only to realise that she was never going back to it. Jose is now based in Australia. Chamor (Penguin Random House), a gutsy novel set in a part of south India, is her first published work. In this interview, she talks about her debut novel, her journey as a writer and her future plans.