Mira Jacob (born January 5, 1973, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American writer.

[2] She is the author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, a novel about a patriarch who starts talking to ghosts, and how his seeing spirits affects his family.

[3] The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing took Jacob 10 years to complete, during which time her father became sick and died.

[8] It was selected as a best book of the year by Time,[9] Esquire, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal.

[10] Jacob was born and raised in New Mexico to parents who immigrated from India in 1968, the same year they were wed in an arranged marriage.