![]() She is also the author of young adult fiction, including Neela: Victory Song (2002) and the trilogy The Brotherhood of the Conch: The Conch Bearer (2003), The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming (2005), and Shadowland (2009). Her work has been widely published, anthologized, and translated. Divakaruni’s many novels include the best-selling Mistress of Spices (1997) Sister of My Heart (1999) and its sequel, The Vine of Desire (2002) Queen of Dreams (2003) The Palace of Illusions (2008) One Amazing Thing (2009) and Oleander Girl (2013). Her story collections include Arranged Marriage (1994), which won the American Book Award, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award, and the PEN Josephine Miles Award for fiction, and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives (2001). Her collections of poetry include Black Candle: Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (1991) and Leaving Yuba City (1997), which won the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize and the Gerbode Foundation Award. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author of numerous works of poetry and prose, Divakaruni is known for her careful exploration of the immigrant experience, particularly that of South Asian women. Poet and writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in Kolkata, India, and came to the United States to pursue graduate work, earning an MA at Wright State University and a PhD at the University of California-Berkeley. ![]()
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