Born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage, her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart.

"'Magically affecting...her intricate tapestry of old and new worlds shines with a rare luminosity'" San Diego Union Tribune "'Divakaruni strikes a delicate balance between realism and fantasy...a touching celebration of enduring love'" The Sunday Times "'A pleasure to read...a novel fragrant in rhythm and language'" San Francisco Chronicle "'Divakaruni's books possess a power that is both transporting and healing...serious and entrancing'" Booklist

Born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage, her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart.

"'Magically affecting...her intricate tapestry of old and new worlds shines with a rare luminosity'" San Diego Union Tribune "'Divakaruni strikes a delicate balance between realism and fantasy...a touching celebration of enduring love'" The Sunday Times "'A pleasure to read...a novel fragrant in rhythm and language'" San Francisco Chronicle "'Divakaruni's books possess a power that is both transporting and healing...serious and entrancing'" Booklist

Born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage, her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart.

"'Magically affecting...her intricate tapestry of old and new worlds shines with a rare luminosity'" San Diego Union Tribune "'Divakaruni strikes a delicate balance between realism and fantasy...a touching celebration of enduring love'" The Sunday Times "'A pleasure to read...a novel fragrant in rhythm and language'" San Francisco Chronicle "'Divakaruni's books possess a power that is both transporting and healing...serious and entrancing'" Booklist