Mehru Jaffer was born and brought up in Lucknow. She teaches Islam in South Asia at the Webster University and the University of Vienna, Austria. She is the author of The Book of Muhammad and The Book of Muinuddin Chishti. This is her third book. Books by Mehru Jaffer The Book of Muinuddin Chishti Book of Muhammad Love and Life in Lucknow: An Imaginary Biography of a City The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia