Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: "Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her work is widely known, as she has been published in over 50 magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and her writing has been included in over 30 anthologies. Her works have been translated into 11 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew and Japanese.

Chitra's newest novel, Queen of Dreams, was released in September 2004. The novel follows Rahki, an artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley, California. When her mother, an interpreter of dreams, passes away, Rahki must confront a forgotten past and an increasingly complex life in post 9-11 America. Chitra will be doing book readings around the United States over the course of fall 2004.

The Conch Bearer, where young Anand is entrusted with a powerful conch shell, which he must restore to its rightful home high in the mountains

Neela: Victory Song, which follows the story of a twelve-year-old girl caught up in the Independence movement in 1939 India.

Vine of Desire, which continues the story of Anju and Sudha, the two young women at the center of Divakaruni's bestselling novel Sister of My Heart

The Unknown Errors of Our Lives, Chitra's latest book of short stories, featuring tales set in India and America. The stories explore the transformations of personal landscapes, real and imagined, brought about by the choices men and women make at every stage of their lives.

Chitra Divakaruni has written several books of poetry, and her work has been included in over 30 anthologies, including Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize anthology. Her first book of short stories, Arranged Marriage, has won critical acclaim and the 1996 American Book Award, the Bay Area Book Reviewers and PEN Oakland awards for fiction. Her other published novels are The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, and Vine of Desire, and she has written two books for children, Neela: Victory Song and The Conch Bearer"