Avni Doshi (born 1982) is an American novelist currently based in Dubai.[1] She was born in New Jersey to immigrants from India.[2] She received a BA in Art History from Barnard College in New York, and a master's degree in History of Art from University College London.[3] Her debut novel, Girl in White Cotton, was published in India in 2019. In 2020, it was published in the United Kingdom under the title Burnt Sugar. The novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.[4]
Avni Doshi | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Barnard College (BA) University College London (MA) |
| Notable works | Girl in White Cotton (2019) |
| Notable awards | Tibor Jones South Asia Prize (2013), Charles Pick Fellowship (2014) |
| Website | |
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Personal life
Doshi grew up in New Jersey's Fort Lee but often spent the winter in Pune, India, where her mother's family lived. She lived in India for seven years during her mid-twenties, where she worked as a curator in various art galleries (such as Latitude 28 in Delhi and Art musings in Mumbai).[5]
She is married with two children and currently resides in Dubai.[6][7]
Bibliography
Novel
- Girl in White Cotton. India: Fourth Estate. 25 August 2019. ISBN 978-93-5357-138-2.
- Burnt Sugar. United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton. 30 July 2020. ISBN 978-0-241-44151-0.
Journalism
- "A Feast of Love". Harper's Bazaar India. Vol. 4, no. 4 (May 2017 ed.). p. 98.
- "Open Road". Harper's Bazaar India. Vol. 4, no. 6 (July–August 2017 ed.). p. 127.
- "On finding dignity in failure". Elle India. 13 March 2018.
- "Write Choice". Elle India. Vol. 25, no. 9 (September 2019 ed.). pp. 94–95.
- "Free Style". Harper's Bazaar India. Vol. 6, no. 6 (November 2019 ed.). p. 113.
- "How Sense Writing Helped Me Overcome Writer's Block". The Curious Reader. 23 November 2019.
- Doshi, Avni; Roy, Devapriya (24 May 2020). "Two writers speak of returning to life once the pandemic is behind us". The Indian Express.
- "How does a lover of designer clothes cope when she no longer fits into them? Booker prize nominee Avni Doshi writes about how pregnancy triggered a wardrobe identity crisis". Style. Times Newspapers Ltd. 13 September 2020. pp. 98–99.