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Anuradha D. Rajurkar

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Connection to Illinois: Rajurkar was born and raised in Chicago. She holds two degrees from Northwestern University and currently lives in Evanston.

Biography: ANURADHA D. RAJURKAR is a teacher by day and a YA writer by night. She is a national recipient of the SCBWI Emerging Voices Award for her contemporary debut novel, American Betiya. Rajurkar now lives in Milwaukee.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): C:YOUNG ADULT; Fiction

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Website: https://anuradharajurkar.com/
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Anuradha++D.++Rajurkar


Selected Titles

American Betiya
ISBN: 1984897152 OCLC: 1157614707

Knopf 2021

Eighteen-year-old Rani, a budding photographer, grapples with first love, family boundaries, and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship.

 

 

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