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Chitra Banerjee

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. She received her B.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1976.In the same year, she went to the United States to attend Wright State University, where she received a master's degree.She received a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 (Christopher Marlowe was the subject of her doctoral dissertation).

Divakaruni lives in Houston with her husband, Murthy. She has two sons, Anand and Abhay (whose names she has used in her children's novels).
Books by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • Multitude: Cross-cultural Readings for Writers
  • We, Too, Sing America: A Reader for Writers
  • The Reason for Nasturtiums
  • The Lives of Strangers
  • Shadowland: Book III of the Brotherhood of the Conch
  • Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale
  • The Last Queen
  • Black candle
  • Neela: Victory Song
  • Leaving Yuba City
  • The mirror of fire and dreaming
  • The Conch Bearer
  • The vine of desire
  • The unknown errors of our lives
  • Queen of dreams
  • One Amazing Thing
  • The Forest of Enchantments
  • Oleander Girl
  • Before We Visit the Goddess
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Mistress of Spices
  • Sister of My Heart
  • The Palace of Illusions

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