Author
Vaishnavi Patel
3 standalones · 3 works in the catalog
Vaishnavi Patel is an American novelist and attorney who grew up in Chicago and graduated from Yale Law School, passing the bar in 2022 and working as a law clerk in Houston while focusing on constitutional law and civil rights. She writes retellings of Hindu epics and mythology, beginning with her debut novel, Kaikeyi (2022), which reimagines a queen from the Ramayana, reached number fourteen on the New York Times bestseller list, and was a finalist for Goodreads Choice Awards in fantasy and debut fiction and for a 2023 Ignyte Award. Her second novel, Goddess of the River (2024), retells the story of the goddess Ganga and received a 2025 Audie Award nomination, while Ten Incarnations of Rebellion (2025), an alternate history in which 1960s India remains under British rule, won the 2025 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
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