Khan was born in Lahoreand brought up in Manila, Philippines; Tokyo, Japan; London, UK and Karachi. She was education at St. Joseph's Convent School and St. Patrick's High School both in Karachi. She graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York and obtained a MFA from the University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA.

Khan has taught English, literature and creative writing at a number of places including Rabat, Morocco and Lahore. She is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Books

Khan's first novel, The Story of Noble Rot was published by Penguin India, in 2001. Trespassing followed in 2004 and her third book was Geometry of God (2009). Trespassing was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2003. It has been translated into fourteen languages. Her latest book, won Bronze in the Independent Publishers Book Awards 2010. Geometry of God is also slated to be translated in a number of languages.

Khan is married to the American writer, David Maine.