Nandini Bajpai

Nandini Bajpai is a Boston-based author of Indian origin. Her debut young adult novel "Red Turban White Horse: My sister's hurricane wedding" was published by Scholastic India in 2013. Bajpai's book, Starcursed, a historical young adult novel, was published by Rupa Publications in November 2013. Her book Rishi and the Karmic Cat is middle grade was published by Rupa Publications in September 2015. In November 2017 Nikki Garcia at Little, Brown bought Nandini Bajpai's contemporary YA novel A Match Made in Mehendi for publication in spring 2019. A Match Made in Mehendi was released in September 2019 and received good industry reviews including a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Her young adult novel Sister of the Bollywood Bride was acquired by Little Brown/Poppy for a summer 2021 release. Quite a lot of her work has been showcased in I-Ready lessons as well.