Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the author of the bestselling novels Queen of Dreams, Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, The Vine of Desire, and The Conch Bearer (for children), as well as prize-winning collections of stories and poems. Her most recent novel is The Palace of Illusions. Her writing, which has been translated into 20 languages and included in over 70 anthologies, has won the American Book Award, two Pushcart Prizes, two PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards, and the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize, among others. She lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches at the University of Houston.
