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Sonia Patel

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Sonia Patel is a first-generation Indian American born in New York and raised in Hawai’i. Her break-out novel, RANI PATEL IN FULL EFFECT, was a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award, a YALSA and Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book, and received four-starred reviews. Her subsequent YA novels JAYA AND RASA: A LOVE STORY and BLOODY SEOUL both received the In the Margins Book Award. She contributed a short story—NOTHING FEELS NO PAIN—to the YA anthology AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL: SHORT STORIES THAT SMASH MENTAL HEALTH STEREOTYPES. Her fourth YA novel, GITA DESAI IS NOT HERE TO SHUT UP, will be published Summer 2024. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, Patel has spent over twenty years ...more

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Are you considering writing a sequel to Jaya and Rasa? There are so many unanswered questions at the end that I felt myself dying to know the answers to!

Sonia Patel Hi Briana,
Thank you for reading Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story! One of my friends asked me the same question yesterday! I'm not thinking about writing a …moreHi Briana,
Thank you for reading Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story! One of my friends asked me the same question yesterday! I'm not thinking about writing a sequel at this time, but never say never. For me the most important part of the story was showing the struggles Jaya and Rasa each had to endure in their lives and how it affected their ability to relate to others. To each other. But I totally understand how you feel! The ending is their new beginning, and I hope you felt that it ended on a positive vibe. I toyed around with the idea of giving more of a spelled out ending, but then I decided to leave it up to the imagination of the reader. (less)

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What was your inspiration to write Jaya and Rasa?

Sonia Patel Hi Shania! My inspiration for Jaya & Rasa-some of the teen patients who struggle with numerous hardships at once. Jaya is based on an amalgam of teens…moreHi Shania! My inspiration for Jaya & Rasa-some of the teen patients who struggle with numerous hardships at once. Jaya is based on an amalgam of teens of color who've had a difficult time coming out as queer in general and/or transgender and what that does to their emotional development and ability to form relationships. Rasa is based largely on one of my teen patients who was sex trafficked in a very similar way and, in real life, later died as a result of the terrible dangers of that life that followed her despite her leaving it behind and healing emotionally. Thank you for your question!
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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,643 ratings · 402 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rani Patel in Full Effect 3.72 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rocky Callen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor) 4.05 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story 3.63 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Seoul 3.63 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up 4.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just YA: Short Poems, Essays, & Fiction for Grades 7-12 by Sarah J. Donovan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Regina Harris Baiocchi, Kristin Bartley Lenz (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Make It Silly!: Calming Fears of Bad Dreams by Sonia Patel (Goodreads Author), Mentari (illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Modeling is my temporary gig. The money lets me help my parents with their bills and save up for my nonprofit.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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“arranged marriage dharma isn’t expunged, only delayed until I graduate from Stanford. As the daughter of strict Gujarati parents, it’s my duty to accept an arranged marriage to a suitable Chha-Gaam—six village—Gujju guy they select for me. Chee.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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“Why is it that I don’t see guys as pieces of meat but they see me that way? What’s wrong with guys? What’s wrong with me for letting it happen? I ball my fists up and decide, right here and now, to go back to what always worked for me in high school: no guys.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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