Anjali Mitter Duva

Anjali Mitter Duva is an Indian American writer raised in France. She is the author of the bestselling historical novel FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN which was shortlisted for the 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and the 2015 Chaucer Award for Historical Fiction. She is also a co-founder of Chhandika, a non-profit organization that teaches and presents India's classical storytelling kathak dance. Educated at Brown University and MIT, Anjali is a frequent speaker at conferences, festivals, libraries, schools and other cultural institutions. She was a finalist for a 2018 Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. In her spare time, she runs a book club for teens and the Arlington Author Salon, a quarterly literary series. Find her at www.anjalimitterduva.com, and @AnjaliMDuva on Twitter and Instagram.