Anuradha D. Rajurkar is the award-winning author of AMERICAN BETIYA (Knopf), a 2022 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults and a Bank Street Best Book of 2022. Holding two degrees from Northwestern University, Anuradha spends her free time hiking the shores of Lake Michigan, obsessing over her garden, and watching horror flicks with her sons. A lazy knitter, passionate reader, and color-enthusiast, Anuradha lives in Evanston, Illinois with her husband and two sons. Her upcoming book is a young adult gothic thriller entitled TEMPORARY BODIES (Knopf, 2024). You can find Anuradha on Instagram at www.instagram.com/anuradhadrajurkar/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/ADRajurkar1