Padma Venkatraman was born in Chennai, India, and became an American citizen after attaining a Ph.D. in oceanography from The College of William and Mary.She is the author of A Time to Dance, Island's End, and Climbing the Stairs.
Venkatraman lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Her new novel is The Bridge Home.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Venkatraman's reply:
I'm reading Faint Promise of Rain, the first in a historical fiction series, I believe, by author Anjali Mitter Duva. Set in 16th centuryVisit Padma Venkatraman's website.India and written in lyrical, evocative prose, that brings alive the sights and sounds of dance and the desert where the novel begins, this is the story of a dancer's exploration of art, duty, and freedom, at a time change. I was drawn to it because my own novel, A Time To Dance, is also about an Indian dancer's search for self. I'm also reading a children's fantasy in German, called Das Blaubeerhaus, by Antonia Michaelis - because I want to keep up with my German and what's on my kid's reading list!
The Page 69 Test: The Bridge Home.
My Book, The Movie: The Bridge Home.
--Marshal Zeringue
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