Rima Hooja holds a PhD from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. She serves as Consultant Director (Library and Archives) at the Maharaja Sawai ManSingh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur. Her works on Rajasthan include A History of Rajasthan (Rupa, 2006). In Rajasthani Stories Retold, published by Niyogi Books, she draws on real people and events to retell nine stories from the region's rich narrative tradition.