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About Ami Rao

Ami Rao is a British-American writer who was born in Calcutta India and has lived and worked in New York City London Paris San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ami has a BA in English Literature and Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and was most recently a banking professional in the City of London. When she is not reading writing cooking eating sailing or dancing she can be found listening to jazz her 'one great unrequited love'. She also mentors girls of colour with a keen emphasis on the merits of reading and education. She co-wrote a sports memoir 'Centaur' which was published in 2018. The book won the General Outstanding Sports Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017. Her debut novel 'David and Ameena' was published by Fairlight Books in 2021.