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Publisher's Weekly announcement

Nov 12th 2020
The book deal for SISTER OF THE BOLLYWOOD BRIDE was just announced on Publisher's Weekly. I am so grateful to my agent Allison Remcheck and editor Nikki Garcia for making this happen and excited for the world to meet Mini Kapoor!
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A Match Made in Mehendi is a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers nominee!

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Epic Reads: 22 Books to Read After Binge-Watching ‘Never Have I Ever’

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Epic Reads: 28 of the Best Comfort Reads to Fall into Right Now

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United by Pop: 50+ YA contemporaries to read during lockdown

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Bustle: 21 New Rom-Coms Out In Fall 2019 To Give You Warm And Fuzzy Feelings All Season Long

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Khabar: The Youth Whisperer

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Publishers Weekly: YALLFest 2019 in Photos

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Authors (from l.) Holly Black, author of The Darkest Part of the Forest and the Folk of the Air series (Little, Brown); Ronni Davis, author of When the Stars Lead to You (Little, Brown); Nandini Bajpai, author of A Match Made in Mehendi (Little, Brown); and Derek Milman, author of Swipe Right for Murder (Little, Brown/Patterson) at a pre-YALLFest event hosted by NOVL and Jimmy Patterson Books, held at Off Track Ice Cream.

NBC News : Culture Matters feature

A Match Made in Mehendi featured in an NBC News article!
Arranged marriages take a modern spin in recent novels by South Asian American authors
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Publishers Weekly: In Brief: September 19, 2019

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A Debut to Dye For
This past Saturday, Nandini Bajpai launched her U.S. debut, A Match Made in Mehendi (Little, Brown), at Wellesley Books in Wellesley, Mass. The YA romance stars an Indian-American teen whose parents believe she has inherited the gift of matchmaking. Bajpai read from her novel, and a henna tattooist and photobooth provided further entertainment for attendees.

Starred review from Publishers Weekly!

A Match Made in Mehendi received a starred review from Publishers Weekly! Such a great milestone for the book and me!  www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-52258-8
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Kirkus Review!

First industry review and it's a good one! Read the full review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nandini-bajpai/a-match-made-in-mehendi/
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BuzzFeed book list!

May 2019
A Match Made In Mehendi was listed on BuzzFeed's 24 Books to Devour During Asian Pacific American Month! See the full list here!

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Teen Vogue article

February 2019
A Match Made In Mehendi was listed on Teen Vogue's 11 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2019! See the full list here:
www.teenvogue.com/gallery/south-asian-characters-books-2019

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VERVE magazine feature

December 2018
Grateful to be featured in the November-December 2018 issue of Verve. If you missed the print issue, read the interview and an excerpt of a work in progress online here!  www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/a-girl-like-me-nandini-bajpai
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Publisher's Weekly announcement
November 21st 2017
The MATCH book deal was just announced in Publisher's Weekly today!! Huge kudos to the amazing Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton of CAKE Literary for making it all happen, and much gratitude to agent Victoria Marini and to Nikki Garcia at Little, Brown for believing in this story. Wish my mum could have seen this, but also know she's with me in this moment.
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