Our next author in this series is doctor-writer Sayantani DasGupta. I am a huge fan of Sayantani’s writing and am an avid follower of hers on twitter. (No, seriously, follow her!) 1) Which of your characters do you most identify with and why? Sayantani DasGupta: Great question! I guess authors identify with a bit of any character they write. But I The Demon Slayers and Other Stories: Bengali Folktales (Interlink Books), is my take on the “immigrant daughter story.” As opposed

I’m taking a break from twitter and my blog for much needed writing and recharging time. This means, I won’t be updating the BosKidLit calendar for a while. I’ll be back next month sometime! #boskidlit #twitter

I am working on a new novel and wanted to find out about the current market for my book proposal. My book could be classified as an “eco-dystopia” according to my writing group buddy Peta, which I took to basically mean a book that is a dystopia (see more about that at Peta’s blog) that centers around ecology, kind of like the movie Wall-E where the basis of the dystopic setting has to do with the large amount of garbage that humans produce. But before Peta mentioned it, I’d