Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni July 29, 1956 is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage won an American Book Award in 1996,[3] and two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story The Word Love were adapted into films. Mistress of Spices was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Sister of My Heart, Oleander Girl, Palace of Illusions, and One Amazing Thing have been optioned to be made into movies or TV serial