Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author, poet and teacher. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magical realism and diversity.

She writes for adults and children. Her books have been translated into 29 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into films. Her short stories, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Houston.

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“One Amazing Thing collapses the walls dividing characters and cultures; what endures is a chorus of voices in one single room.”
—Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake

“Ingeniously conceived and intelligently written, this novel is a fable for our time. The characters . . . vibrate with life whenever they begin to speak.”
— Ha Jin, author of Waiting, winner of the National Book Award

“One Amazing Thing is one powerful and beautifully written book.”
— Lisa See, author of #1 National Bestseller Dreams of Joy


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