Tarana Husain Khan is a novelist and cultural historian. Her writings on the oral history, culture and the famed cuisine of the erstwhile princely state of Rampur have appeared in prominent publications such as Scroll.in, Eaten magazine, Wire and in the anthology Desi Delicacies (Pan Macmillan, India)/Dastarkhwan: Food Writing from South Asia and Diaspora ( Beacon Books, UK). She hosts and curates a website on Rampur culture and oral history and is the author of the historical novel The Begum and the Dastan. She lives between Rampur and Nainital with her husband.