The Smudged Hyphen
Essay Collection · 2026
Some families are made by biology. Some by paperwork. Some by the daily accumulation of ordinary love.
A Star Keeps Its Distance
Novel · 2026
Amaya Stein writes for Mosaic, her aunt’s online magazine for third culture kids. She has ninety-nine YouTube subscribers, a novel going nowhere, and a breakup she has filed under handled. Then her aunt assigns her to cover K-pop.
Why Is My Hair Curly?
Children’s Chapter Book · 2020
Avantika brushes and brushes, but there’s no keeping her curly hair down. How she wished her hair was straight and smooth like Amma’s and Appa’s.
Hindsight
Novel · 2024
She had gone back for a book. The last day of college, her friends already ahead, a copy of Roots left under a tree. She turned back alone into the evening. She did not come back the same.