A: I confess, I’ve only read two of your four books – Inheritance and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – and I loved them. They made me wonder: how much of your writing comes from personal experiences?

BK: I think the idea of writing what you know was present in my earlier novels. Then you get bolder, step out of reality and into your imagination. So, some things are drawn from my life and some are not. It’s honestly hard for me to say how much of myself is in my works. With the first two books, however, the characters were composites of people I know. Can I just say something? I love the idea of The Haven that you wrote about in your book. It just felt so razor-sharp and drawn from real life. (Editor’s note: Adam provided Balli with the unedited manuscript of his upcoming novel before their conversation.)