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India Knight, born in 1965, is a British journalist and author, born in Brussels, Belgium, known for her contribution to the British media, as well as her books: My Life on a Plate , Don't You Want Me?, The Shops and "Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet".
Knight was born to Michel Aertsens and his wife Begum Sabiha Rumani Malik (of an Indian Sufi Muslim family). The marriage ended in divorce; in 1975 her mother married the media baron Andrew Knight as his second wife; they were divorced in 1991, after having produced two more daughters. India's mother subsequently married the architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank; they remained married until 1998. It is not clear when India Knight began to use her first stepfather's surname.
Knight, a native French speaker, lived in Brussels until about the time she turned nine. After migrating to the UK, she was educated at the Lycée Charles de Gaulle school in London and at Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire. She was awarded an exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she read Modern Languages from 1984-1987, before starting her career in journalism.
In addition to writing for and contributing to major British magazines and newspapers, India Knight writes two weekly columns for The Sunday Times ; one of these columns (online) is written for parents with children who have special needs, inspired by her daughter who has DiGeorge Syndrome.
She is also a regular guest on British radio and television.
In October 2006, Knight launched a blog about children with special needs: "After writing an article in The Sunday Times about her daughter's special needs she was so inundated with e-mails that she has launched this weblog as a forum for parents in a similar position to keep in touch, compare notes and help each other". The blog is called ''Isn't She Talking Yet?''.
Knight lives in London with her three children and her long-term boyfriend, author Andrew O'Hagan.
She was previously married to Jeremy Langmead with whom she has two sons. He is the former editor of Wallpaper* magazine and currently the editor of Esquire magazine.
The media magnate, journalist, former editor of The Economist and News Corporation Director Andrew Knight is her step father.[1]
India Knight is the author of two novels, My Life on a Plate and Don't You Want Me?, and two non-fiction books, The Shops and Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet, all of which are bestsellers and published by Penguin Books. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. She also is the editor of "The Dirty Bits For Girls".