Sonali Dev’s first literary work was a play about mistaken identities performed at her neighborhood Diwali extravaganza in Mumbai. She was eight years old. Despite this early success, Sonali spent the next few decades getting degrees in architecture and writing, migrating across the globe, and starting a family while writing for magazines and websites. With the advent of her first gray hair her mad love for telling stories returned full force, and she now combines it with her insights into Indian culture to conjure up stories that make a mad tangle with her life as supermom, domestic goddess, and world traveler.
Sonali lives in the Chicago suburbs with her very patient and often amused husband and two teens who demand both patience and humor, and the world’s most perfect dog.
Sonali’s novels have been on Library Journal, NPR, Washington Post, and Kirkus’s Best Books of the year lists. She has won the American Library Association’s award for best romance, the RT Reviewer Choice Award for best contemporary romance, multiple RT Seals of Excellence, is a RITA® finalist, and has been listed for the Dublin Literary award. Shelf Awareness calls her “Not only one of the best but one of the bravest romance novelists working today.”
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Want to know more? Sonali’s been spilling all in interviews around the web…
NPR Review: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
ShelfAwareness Review and Interview
SHONDALAND’s 10 Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down
Booktrib Review: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Bustle: On Writing Arranged Marriages
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Austen Prose Review
Indian Romance in America in The Times Of India
Talking Diversity in Publishing with The New York Times
Talking Feminism in Romance with The Chicago Tribune
A DISTANT HEART Cover Reveal on Bustle
Book Brahmin Interview on Shelf Awareness
An analysis of A CHANGE OF HEART on USA TODAY’s The Sweet Spot
The Chicago Reader Cover Story
My list of favorite romance novels on Chicago Reader
On NPR reviewing RITA books with representation
Dreaming in Color- About my writing journey on RT Reviews
My attempts at being an Agony Aunt with Kristan Higgins
The real reason I love romance on Read A Romance Month
Why I write the heroines I write on Book Riot
“Why Arranged Marriage?” On Masalamommas about Romance, Feminism and Marriage
Bollywood, Tropes, and Saris: An All About Romance Author Interview
Romance and the Business of Joy on ReadARomanceMonth
Why it’s Time the Romance Genre Reflected our Diverse World
Member Spotlight on the Contemporary Romance Writers Blog
On Jezebel, About Bringing Bollywood to Romance
The Culture of Your Story, Not Just for Multiculturals on Romance University
Sonali’s Favorite Bollywood Kiss on Barnes And Noble’s Blog
The Story Behind The Bollywood Bride Cover on USA Today
On Marriage, The Real Bollywood, and Inspiration on Speaking of China
Breaking into Romance as a South Asian Author on Suprose
How Diwali and Halloween Make Up Sonali’s Fall on Read-A-Romance
Podcast Interview on SmartBitchesTrashyBooks
A Bollywood Affair makes NPR’s list of 100 most swoonworthy romances
A Bollywood Affair wins the ALA Reading List Award for Best Romance!
A Bollywood Affair gets love from The Smithsonian blog
USA Today Calls A Bollywood Affair a Must Read
NPR.org recommends A Bollywood Affair
SB Sarah Wendell on Kirkus about A Bollywood Affair
Sonali’s Last Read on Land of Lost Books
On Being An Outsider And An Insider on USA Today (with excerpt)
Why Backstory is the Spine of Your Story on Romance University
Why we need more diverse books on the Contemporary RWA Blog
A Bollywood Affair Cover Reveal on USA Today
Sonali talks sisterhoods with the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood
Author Adite Banerjie talks words and Bollywood with Sonali
My Accident-Ridden Writers Journey on the Firebirds Blog
Author friend Hanna Martine interviews Sonali about her Bollywood obsession
Inspiration Hunting in the Publishing World on Romance University
YA Author B A Binns Interviews Sonali about the Golden Heart Experience
Fellow Golden Heart Finalist, Leslie Lynch, Interviews Sonali about her Writing Journey
