SHANTHI SEKARAN

Shanthi Sekaran is a novelist and television writer. She most recently made her middle grade debut with The Samosa Rebellion (2021, Harper Kids), an Amazon Editor's Pick for readers aged 9-13. Her most recent adult novel, Lucky Boy, was named an Indie Next Great Read, an Amazon Editor's Pick and a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Barnes & Noble, Library Journal and the San Francisco Chronicle. She recently left a teaching career to join the writers' room of the acclaimed NBC medical drama, "New Amsterdam". She lives in Berkeley, California with her family and a cat named Frog.