User:Bluedeville/Dona Sarkar

= Dona Sarkar = Dona Sarkarwas born in Kathmandu], Nepal to Indian-Bengali parents who emigrated to the U.S. in the 80's. Dona was exposed to American culture at a very young age. It's this cultural amalgamation which shines in her works and unique to her style. She knew she'd become a writer when during college, she was scribbling stories about Indian vampires converting innocent bystanders to Hinduism instead of taking notes during her Computer Science classes. She graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor[].

Her new job as a software developer made Seattle[], her new home. She decided to pursue her love for writing and took a few writing classes at the local community college to explore her devotion to an art-form, she felt came naturally to her.

In her own words, her life changed that second day of class when she was propelled to read one of her chapters aloud. The support from the class forced her to finish that book…and the next…and the next.

Four books and four years later, she got THE CALL, fittingly, during a trip to India in late 2006. She got a call from her agent that she had got a contract from Harlequin-- HOW TO SALSA IN A SARI became her first Young-adult[] novel and was a January 2008 release from Harlequin’s Kimani Tru  line. Soon after, Harlequin published her second book, SHRINK TO FIT. Both her initial works got great reviews. She's currently exploring and developing ideas for the next round of books.

Dona's inspiration has always been her loving family, her critique partners, her supportive friends all over the world, and her husband Manav Mishra, who she calls her greatest enthusiast and critic.

Dona currently lives in Kirkland, Washington[].

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