Rajani LaRocca

Rajani LaRocca is an Indian-American author of children's literature and a primary-care physician. She writes middle grade fiction relating to Indian-American identity and medicine. She won a 2022 Newbery Honor for her novel Red, White and Whole.

Writing career
LaRocca enjoyed creative writing in high school and college, but stopped when she began attending medical school. She began writing again in 2011. She signed with TriadaUS Literary Agency in 2017. 

Picture books

 * Summer is for Cousins (2021)
 * A Vaccine is Like a Memory (2023)
 * Your One and Only Heart (2023)
 * Masala Chai, Fast and Slow (2023) 
 * A Vaccine is Like a Memory (2023)
 * Your One and Only Heart (2023)
 * Masala Chai, Fast and Slow (2023) 
 * A Vaccine is Like a Memory (2023)
 * Your One and Only Heart (2023)
 * Masala Chai, Fast and Slow (2023) 
 * Your One and Only Heart (2023)
 * Masala Chai, Fast and Slow (2023) 

Middle grade novels

 * Switch (2022)
 * The Secret of the Dragon Gems (2023) 
 * Mirror to Mirror (Quill Tree Books, 2023)
 * Sona and the Golden Beasts (2024) 
 * The Secret of the Dragon Gems (2023) 
 * Mirror to Mirror (Quill Tree Books, 2023)
 * Sona and the Golden Beasts (2024) 

Personal life
LaRocca is of Tamil descent. She was born in Bangalore,  but grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where she attended Louisville Collegiate School. She moved to Boston for college. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.

She currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts with her family.