Anita Moorjani

Anita Moorjani (born Anita Shamdasani 16 March 1959) is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, Dying to be Me. After she was diagnosed with stage 1A Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002, and rejected conventional treatment, Moorjani was taken to a hospital in 2006 where she lay in a coma for 30 hours, during which Moorjani claims to have undergone a near-death experience.