My new novel, And Laughter Fell from the Sky, will be out in June 2012 from HarperCollins. Here is what people are saying about it:

“Jyotsna Sreenivasan’s poignant debut novel And Laughter Fell from the Sky is a moving love story that is both traditional and modern, surprising and deeply comforting – it’s not only about finding love, but a way to be true to ourselves.” –Laura Dave, author of The First Husband

“Insightful, hopeful, and luminescent, Sreenivasan’s novel will make you believe in the power of love to overcome all obstacles.” –Anjali Banerjee, author of Haunting Jasmine and Imaginary Men

“And Laughter Fell from the Sky is a timely story about what matters most deeply: our quest for love and acceptance, and our fear that we will never find that person who might give us both. Jyotsna Sreenivasan’s writing speaks straight to the heart.” — Kim Barnes, author of In the Kingdom of Men

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I am also 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 have written two 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 in a number of literary magazines, including American Literary Review and Tampa Review.

My short stories are included in the following anthologies: Confessions: Fact or Fiction? edited by Herta Feely and Marian O’Shea Wernicke; Mamas and Papas: On the Sublime and Heartbreaking Art of Parenting, edited by Alys Masek and Kelly Mayhew; and Living in America: Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers, edited by Roshni Rustomji Kerns.

An audio version of my story “Home” is included in the April 2012 issue of the Drum Literary Magazine.

My story “Perfect Sunday” appeared in the January 2012 issue of India Currents magazine.

One of my short stories (a very short, somewhat strange story) was published online in Barrelhouse magazine: Once There Was a Woman in a Car.

Check out my new web site, Second Generation Stories: Literature by Children of Immigrants.

Here is an interview with me from The Hindu, a newspaper 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.