Supriya Kelkar, AMERICAN AS PANEER PIE

Supriya Kelkar drew from personal experience growing up Indian American in a small town in the U.S. for her moving YA novel. She talked to Zibby about hiding her curls until her thirties, microaggressions, and South Asian American culture.

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