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| name = Jessica Faleiro<br />
| image = Jessica Faleiro.jpg<br />
| caption = Faleiro in 2025<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India<br />
| occupation = Author, novelist, editor<br />
| alma_mater = [[Nottingham University]]{{br}}<br />
[[Lancaster University]]{{br}}<br />
[[Kingston University]]<br />
| notableworks = ''Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa'' (2012){{br}}''The Delicate Balance of Little Lives'' (2018)<br />
| website = {{URL|jessicafaleiro.com}}<br />
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'''Jessica Faleiro''' is an Indian author and novelist from [[Goa]].<ref name="Kitaab">{{Cite web |title=The Lounge Chair Interview: 10 Questions with Jessica Faleiro |url=https://kitaab.org/2016/11/11/the-lounge-chair-interview-10-questions-with-jessica-faleiro/ |website=Kitaab |date=11 November 2016}}</ref> She is known for her books ''Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa'' (2012), and ''The Delicate Balance of Little Lives'' (2018).<ref name="GhostWriterTGN">{{Cite web |title=The ghost writer |url=https://www.thegoan.net/the-ghost-writer/2334.html |website=The Goan |date=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="DelicateBalanceTGN">{{Cite web |title=The delicate balance of little lives |url=https://www.thegoan.net/the-delicate-balance-of-little-lives/46750.html |website=The Goan |date=15 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Faleiro previously worked in international development.<ref name="NAW">{{Cite web |title=NAW Interview with Jessica Faleiro |url=https://new-asian-writing.com/naw-interview-with-jessica-faleiro/ |website=New Asian Writing |date=19 January 2015}}</ref> Her first book, ''Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa'', a collection of 9 inter-linked ghost stories set in modern Goa, was published in 2012.<ref name="GhostWriterTGN"/><br />
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Her second book, a literary novel titled ''The Delicate Balance of Little Lives'' (2018),<ref name="Kitaab"/> explores the lives of five middle-class, Goan women and how they cope with various kinds of loss.<ref name="DelicateBalanceTGN"/><br />
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Her work has also appeared in anthologies.<ref name="Kitaab"/> In 2018, she co-edited, with [[R. Benedito Ferrão]], a special issue of the ''[[João Roque Literary Journal]]'' that focuses on Goan diasporic writing and is titled "Goa and its Worlds: A Literary Journey."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ferrão |first=R. Benedito |date=2018-01-01 |title=Goa and its Worlds: A Literary Journey |url=https://www.academia.edu/73841341/Goa_and_its_Worlds_A_Literary_Journey |journal=João Roque Literary Journal}}</ref><br />
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Faleiro is also a creative writing mentor and conducts writing workshops.<ref name="WriteItRightTGN">{{Cite web |title=Write-it right |url=https://www.thegoan.net/write-it-right/48684.html |website=The Goan |date=2 February 2019}}</ref> Additionally, she writes about travel, stating that it helps "unlock creativity".<ref name="HeraldTravel">{{Cite web |title=Using travel to unlock creativity |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/cafe/using-travel-to-unlock-creativity/117677/ |website=O Heraldo |date=24 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Faleiro was born in Goa and brought up in Kuwait.<ref name="Kitaab"/> She studied at [[University of Nottingham]], [[Lancaster University]] and [[Kingston University]], UK.<ref name="NAW"/> She has lived and worked in various countries, including Kuwait, India, the USA, the United Kingdom and France.<ref name="HeraldTravel"/><ref name="NAW"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa'' (2012)<br />
* ''The Delicate Balance of Little Lives'' (2018)<br />
* ''The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told'' (2022)<br />
* ''100 Indian Stories: A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries'' (2025)<br />
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