Photo by Jason Bihler
NEWS
Read an excerpt of my short story Goodbye Obama in the Winter 2023 issue of Sewanee Review.
My short script, Blighted, was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition!
The Marvelous Mirza Girls is the winner of the South Asia Book Award!
My “Letter to a Stranger” Essay was featured on CBC Radio’s Tapestry!
The Marvelous Mirza Girls is a Finalist for the SCBWI Golden Kite Award!
Here’s a Ms. Magazine interview where I got to talk about The Marvelous Mirza Girls with the wonderful writer Mathangi Subramanian!
I recommended some notable books by Asian American authors to NBC Asian America, including books by Abeer Hoque and Sabina Khan.
Travel and Leisure included my book on their list of 20 Travel Books to Read for AAPI Month and beyond.
EVENTS
11/5/22 - Thrilled to be participating in the Singapore Writers Festival!
3/11/22 - Excited to be part of the wonderful SE-YA Book Fest!
7/9/21 - 7 PM EST. Summer Romance Reads Panel with Kelly Loy Gilbert, Emiko Jean and Alexis Nedd. Hosted by Oblong Books.
6/26/21 - 2 PM EST. The Next Generation (YA Publishing Panel) with Tashe Bhuiyan, Stephanie Cohen, Abdi Nazemian. Part of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Page Turner Conference.
6/18/21 - 5:30 PM MST. Friday Happy Hour Reading with Anjali Enjeti, Rajiv Mohabir and Mathangi Subramanian, hosted by Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
6/10/21 - 7 PM EST. Excited to be talking about my book with Piyali Bhattacharya! This virtual event is hosted by Politics and Prose in DC.
6/8/21 - 7 PM PST. Mathangi Subramanian and I will be discussing The Marvelous Mirza Girls! The virtual event is hosted by A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, CA.
5/26/21 - 3 PM CST. I’m on an Epic Reads Panel with YA Authors Joya Goffney, Julie Murphy, Kelsey Rodkey and James Sie. This virtual event is hosted by Vroman’s Bookstore.
5/18/21 - 6 pm CST. Book Launch for The Marvelous Mirza Girls. This virtual event is hosted by Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN. I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful David Arnold.
4/10/21 - I’ll be participating in the Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference.
12/5/20 - “Translating Critique” Panel for the Mid-South Chapter of SCBWI.
10/25/20 - “Not Just ABCD: A New Generation in Young Adult Literature” Panel with fellow writers Tanuja Desai Hidier and Nisha Sharma at the Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival.