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Teen Vogue: 11 Books Featuring South Asian Characters to Read in 2021.
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Great Escapes: Sailaja Joshi shares her reading list
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Sister of the Bollywood Bride, by Nandini Bajpai (May 2021). “I loved Nandini’s first book, A Match Made in Mehendi, because it didn’t fall into many classic tropes of exploring Indianness that I often see. I felt so connected to the characters. Nandini has a great way of creating such relatable stories.”
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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!
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!
A Match Made in Mehendi is a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers nominee!
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Khabar: The Youth Whisperer
Publishers Weekly: YALLFest 2019 in Photos
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.
Arranged marriages take a modern spin in recent novels by South Asian American authors.
Publishers Weekly: In Brief: September 19, 2019
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.
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!
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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/
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!
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
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
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.
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.
