Sheila Yasmin Marikar is the author of Incidentals, Friends in Napa, and The Goddess Effect. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, and more, and she lives in Los Angeles.
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Sheila Yasmin Marikar is the author of the novels Incidentals, Friends in Napa, and The Goddess Effect. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Economist, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vogue, and many other publications. Her New York Times Magazine profile of the chef Gaggan Anand was selected for the 2021 edition of Best American Food Writing. Sheila began her career at ABC News. A native of New Jersey, she currently lives in Los Angeles.
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