I am the author of three books for children — two middle-grade novels, Aruna’s Journeys and The Moon Over Crete; and a biography, Ela Bhatt: Uniting Women in India. I am also the author of two new reference books for high school and college students: Utopias in American History, and Poverty and the Government in America. My short stories (for grown-ups) have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of literary magazines, including American Literary Review and Tampa Review.
I have an MA in English literature from the University of Michigan. During the 1990s I worked for the Feminist Majority, a nonprofit organization just outside of Washington, DC. I currently live in Moscow, Idaho, USA, and work at the University of Idaho.
Here is an interview with me from The Hindu in Chennai, India.
If you are an author or small publisher with a book that you think would be appropriate for this web site, please send an e-mail to: jyotsna64 [at] aol.com. The book must help kids break out of gender stereotypes, and must be published by a small or independent press.
