Every copy on this page ships from my desk in Exton, with US postage included in the price. If you would like it signed or inscribed, tell me who it is for at checkout and I will write the dedication in before it goes into the mailer.
Prefer unsigned, ebook, or international? Every edition and retailer is on the Books page.
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.
Why Is My Skin Brown?
Middle-Grade Novel · July 20, 2026
Sarayu is twelve, American-born, and about to spend four months with cousins in Bengaluru, which has its own ideas about her skin.
The ebook is on Kindle. This page is currently the only place in the US to buy the paperback.
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.
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.
The Complete Signed Set
Why Is My Hair Curly?, Why Is My Skin Brown?, Hindsight, A Star Keeps Its Distance, and The Smudged Hyphen, all five signed and inscribed, mailed together in one box.
Good to know
- Orders go out by USPS Media Mail, usually within the week.
- Hindsight and The Smudged Hyphen also exist in hardcover. I keep a few signed ones and can order more; ask through the contact page.
- In or near Exton? Write to me and we can arrange pickup, no postage.
- US addresses only for now. International readers, the retailers on the Books page deliver worldwide.