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Sona Charaipotra is not a doctor — much to her pediatrician parents’ chagrin. They were really hoping she’d grow up to take over their practice one day. Instead, she became a writer…
about sona
Sona Charaipotra is author of the doc dramedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak and co-author of the Tiny Pretty Things YA dance duology (now a Netflix original TV series) and The Rumor Game.
Her latest YA contemporary, How Maya Got Fierce, draws on her years as an entertainment journalist and editor at publications like PEOPLE, MSN TV, ABC News, The Bump, What to Expect, Parents.com, and other major media. She has profiled your favorite celebrities for publications from the New York Times to Cosmopolitan and was a longtime editor of the Barnes & Noble teen blog, where she interviewed some beloved authors, too.
Now an editor at Scholastic, Sona earned her Masters in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She is a former We Need Diverse Books board member and co-founded CAKE Literary, a boutique book packager focused on high concept diverse titles.
Most recently, she co-edited the YA fantasy anthology Magic Has No Borders, and the forthcoming contemporary anthology Home Has No Borders. If Sona’s writing makes you crave Indian food, you can find her on the web sharing recipes and talking about chai, Bollywood movies, and books.