Roshani Chokshi

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| name = Roshani Chokshi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|14}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| occupation = Novelist

| nationality = American

| period =

| genre = Fantasy, Children's literature

| website = {{URL|https://roshanichokshi.com/}}

| language = English

| alma_mater = Emory University

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| notableworks = The Star-Touched Queen, Aru Shah and the End of Time

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Roshani Chokshi (born February 14, 1991) is an American children's book author and a New York Times bestselling author.{{Cite news|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - April 15, 2018 - The New York Times|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/04/15/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|access-date=2020-05-18|issn=0362-4331}}

Personal life

Chokshi's mother is Filipino and her father is Gujarati, from India,{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/78966-q-a-with-roshani-chokshi.html|title=Q & A with Roshani Chokshi|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2019}} both immigrants to the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-fob-roshani-chokshi-20180411-story.html|title=How Roshani Chokshi came to write a new series for Rick Riordan|last=Bond|first=Gwenda|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 4, 2019}} She grew up speaking English, rather than her parents' native languages, Tagalog and Gujarati.{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/roshani-chokshi-discusses-her-new-book-working-with-rick-riordan-and-the-challenges-of|title=Roshani Chokshi discusses her new book, working with Rick Riordan, and the challenges of representation|last=Krishna|first=Swapna|date=October 20, 2017|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2019}} Chokshi was raised as a Hindu, which she often draws on in her novels. Her first novel sold while she attended law school at the University of Georgia, and she ultimately dropped out to pursue writing.{{cite web|url=http://www.new-asian-writing.com/naw-interview-with-roshani-choksi|title=NAW Interview with Roshani Chokshi|date=August 30, 2014|website=New Asian Writing|access-date=October 19, 2017}} She cites Neil Gaiman as one of her influences to pursue a writing career.{{Cite web|url=https://missprint.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/author-interview-roshani-chokshi-on-the-star-touched-queen/|title=Author Interview: Roshani Chokshi on The Star-Touched Queen|last=missprint|date=May 5, 2016|website=Miss Print|language=en|access-date=April 4, 2019}}

Chokshi lives in Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://roshanichokshi.com/writingextras/|title=Writing and Extras from Roshani Chokshi – New York Times bestselling author|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2019}}

Career

Chokshi's first young adult novel, novel The Star-Touched Queen, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2016. Her second young adult novel, A Crown of Wishes, is set in the same world and was published in 2017.

All of Chokshi's first novels in her series debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/05/15/young-adult-hardcover/|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – May 15, 2016 – The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 4, 2019|language=en|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/04/15/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – April 15, 2018 – The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 4, 2019|language=en|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/02/03/young-adult-hardcover/|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – February 3, 2019 – The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 4, 2019|language=en|issn=0362-4331}}

Her middle grade debut, Aru Shah and the End of Time, was the first title to launch{{Cite web|url=https://www.hypable.com/disney-hyperion-rick-riordan-presents-imprint/|title=Disney-Hyperion launches Rick Riordan Presents imprint|date=September 15, 2016|website=Hypable|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2019}} under author Rick Riordan's Disney-Hyperion imprint,{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/71466-disney-announces-new-rick-riordan-imprint.html|title=Disney Announces New Rick Riordan Imprint|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=April 4, 2019}} Rick Riordan Presents, in 2018. In April 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures won the movie rights, at auction, for Aru Shah and the End of Time.{{Cite web|title=Paramount Pictures Lands YA Novel 'Aru Shah And The End Of Time'|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/aru-shah-and-the-end-of-time-paramount-pictures-movie-deal-roshani-chokshilands-ya-novel-aru-shah-and-the-end-of-time-1202362852/|last= Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2018-04-13|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}} The Aru Shah series was originally intended to be four books long, but later discussions between Chokshi and the imprint led to the series being extended to end with fifth book, that was released in 2022.{{Cite web|title=Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57441050-aru-shah-and-the-nectar-of-immortality|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.goodreads.com}}

The Gilded Wolves was published in 2019, the first novel of a trilogy and the start of Chokshi's second young adult series.{{Cite web |title=The Gilded Wolves {{!}} Roshani Chokshi Young Adult and Middle Grade author |url=https://www.roshanichokshi.com/books/the-gilded-wolves/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |language=en-US}}

The Spirit Glass published in 2023, is a stand-alone title released by Rick Riordan Presents.{{Cite web |title=The Spirit Glass {{!}} |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727528/rick-riordan-presents-the-spirit-glass-by-roshani-chokshi/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |language=en-US}}

Works

= Young adult novels =

== The Star Touched Queen series ==

The Star-Touched Queen (2016)
A Crown of Wishes (2017)
Death and Night (novella, 2017)
Star-Touched Stories (collection, 2018), collection of three novellas including "Death and Night"

== The Gilded Wolves series ==

The Gilded Wolves (2019)
The Silvered Serpents (2020)
The Bronzed Beasts (2021)

= Middle grade novels =

== Pandava Quintet ==

Aru Shah and the End of Time (2018)
Aru Shah and the Song of Death (2019)
Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (2020)
Aru Shah and the City of Gold (2021)
Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (2022)

== Standalone books ==

The Spirit Glass (2023)

= Adult books =

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (2023)

= Short stories =

The Vishakanya's Choice (Book Smugglers Publishing, 2015)
The Wives of Azhar (Strange Horizons, 2015)
"Forbidden Fruit" in A Thousand Beginnings and Endings (Greenwillow Books, 2018)
"Trade at the Fox wedding" (Mythic Delirium Books, 2016)

Awards

2020 Southern Book Prize (for The Gilded Wolves){{Cite web|title=The 2020 Southern Book Prize Winners - Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance|url=https://sibaweb.com/blogpost/1157249/340470/The-2020-Southern-Book-Prize-Winners|website=sibaweb.com|access-date=2020-05-04}}

Nominations

2020 Georgia Author of the Year (for Aru Shah and the Song of Death){{Cite web|title=56th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards Nominees – Georgia Author of the Year Awards|url=https://www.authoroftheyear.org/news/56th-annual-georgia-author-of-the-year-awards-nominees/|publisher=Georgia Writers Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-04}}

2017 Locus Award for Best First Novel (for The Star-Touched Queen){{cite web|url=http://locusmag.com/2017/06/do-not-touch-2017-locus-awards-winners|title=2017 Locus Awards Winners|date=June 24, 2017|website=Locus Mag|access-date=October 19, 2017}}

2017 Andre Norton Award (for The Star-Touched Queen){{cite web|url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2017|title=Nebula Awards 2017|website=science fiction awards database|access-date=October 19, 2017}}