Lisa Ray has had an acclaimed, serendipitous and award-winning career in the entertainment arts beginning in India in 1991 and spanning multiple countries and film.She began her career at a time when few of Indian origin were returning to India to make their living in the entertainment arts, thus pioneering the way for others. Her memoir, Close to the Bone, is a bestseller in India and was awarded the Laadli Media Awards for Gender sensitivity 2020. It was published by Harper Collins India to critical acclaim in May 2019 in India and with Penguin North America imprint Double Day in November 2020. She recently signed a three book deal with her Indian publisher, Harper Collins and is working on her next. When diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2009, she chose to publicly share her experiences in a blog called ‘The Yellow Diaries’, which led to her first book. A lifelong activist, she has become a high profile global advocate for cancer awareness and wellness through public talks, keynotes and writing. Her poetry explores themes derived from identity-bending, nomadic experiences, the culmination of a life of no fixed address. Ray publicly announced the birth of her twin daughters via surrogacy in 2018 as a way to normalise fertility options and choices for others.