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An interview with Author Sonali Dev
Sonali Dev is a writer who combines her love for words and Bollywood to conjure up stories that make a crazy tangle with her life as wannabe supermom and domestic goddess, and disgruntled corporate minion. Sonali lives in the Chicago suburbs with her very patient and often amused husband and two children who demand both patience and humour, and of course her characters who can’t stop doing Bollywood dances inside her head. She is a Golden Hearts (2013) finalist and her debut novel, The Bollywood Bride, will be available from Kensington in November 2014.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how long you have been writing.
Hi Adite! Thanks so much for having me. It’s been a year since I’ve visited home and I’m going to pretend this is my India visit for the year. A little about myself… hmm. I was born and raised in India and I’ve lived my entire adult life in America. So, I’m your quintessential first generation immigrant mom living the desi American dream and globe-hopping for leisure every chance I get. I think I’m essentially a nomad who fancies herself as someone who puts the mad in nomad. As for writing, I’ve written for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories, in fact, is of my mother sitting me down at the dining table in first grade to do math homework when the illustrations on the cover of the text book (those little + and – symbols) started dancing around and I had to, just had to write a little poem about them. And no, I didn’t get in trouble, which explains why I’m here writing books instead of designing buildings after spending five years in architecture school. If my mother hadn’t broken the mould and let me follow my heart back then and encouraged my crazy little passion for capturing everything in little ditties, who knows what I’d be doing today. Read more here: http://aditebanerjie.com/2013/07/05/s...
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how long you have been writing.
Hi Adite! Thanks so much for having me. It’s been a year since I’ve visited home and I’m going to pretend this is my India visit for the year. A little about myself… hmm. I was born and raised in India and I’ve lived my entire adult life in America. So, I’m your quintessential first generation immigrant mom living the desi American dream and globe-hopping for leisure every chance I get. I think I’m essentially a nomad who fancies herself as someone who puts the mad in nomad. As for writing, I’ve written for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories, in fact, is of my mother sitting me down at the dining table in first grade to do math homework when the illustrations on the cover of the text book (those little + and – symbols) started dancing around and I had to, just had to write a little poem about them. And no, I didn’t get in trouble, which explains why I’m here writing books instead of designing buildings after spending five years in architecture school. If my mother hadn’t broken the mould and let me follow my heart back then and encouraged my crazy little passion for capturing everything in little ditties, who knows what I’d be doing today. Read more here: http://aditebanerjie.com/2013/07/05/s...
