As Thanksgiving approaches this year, I'm counting the things I'm thankful for and looking forward to. First, I was invited to share a few brief remarks after NewportFILM's screening of THE LIBRARIANS starring Becky Calzada (whom I've been honored to do panels with in the past), Amanda Jones and other librarians - it was wonderful [...]
Category: Padma’s Books
Smooth sailing over the holidays and Safe Harbor in 2025!
It's almost time to launch SAFE HARBOR - my sixth novel and my second novel-in-verse! I can't believe how fast 2024 has flown! If you haven't ordered your copy yet, here is the link: https://buff.ly/3XLA0eK And... here below is the photo of the seal who inspired the novel, "lying like a sack of rice" on [...]
New Release
Padma Venkatraman's next novel, THE BRIDGE HOME, is scheduled for 2019 release from Nancy Paulsen Books. Stay posted! And in the meantime, enjoy her other award-winning novels: A TIME TO DANCE (Starred Reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, VOYA, SLJ and BCCB); ISLAND'S END (Starred Reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, PW and SLJ); and CLIMBING THE STAIRS (Starred [...]
A Time to Dance
"powerful depiction of a teen girl struggling to recover from an accident" - Chicago Tribune "sure to go on my 'Favorite Books' list...will definitely dance its way through your heart as it did mine” - Denver Post "powerful images and motifs" - The Horn Book "I loved this book...a love story, tragedy and spiritual read [...]
Island’s End
Penguin Random House 978-0-399-25099-6 * "[Venkatraman]...succeeds spectacularly...Uido is a remarkable heroine...as infused with spirituality as this novel is, there is also heart-stopping action...the larger issues of modernity versus tradition offer much to think about...an intricate yet wholly accessible story" - Booklist, Starred Review *"a lovely novel...offering an enticing blend of mystic tradition and imaginative speculation, [...]
Climbing the Stairs
Penguin Random House 978-0-14-241490-3 "[A] fine, often heartbreaking first novel" - The Providence Journal "..a passionate story...the central theme of the novel, violence and nonviolence, will appeal to an international audience" - India Currents "...excels in its detailed depiction of a Brahmin girlhood and family life during a time of intense social [...]