Shanthi Sekaran

Author of The Samosa Rebellion (middle grade, Fall 2021), Lucky Boy (Penguin Random House 2017). Staff writer at New Amsterdam.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@deonandan It's true. Have you tried eating candy lately? It'll take you 3 days to recover.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@elonmusk
Five things:
1. Woke up.
2. Got out of bed.
3. Dragged a comb across my head.
4. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup.
5. Looking up, I noticed I was late.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@BST_PriLibrary @KTegenBooks @BST_Tokyo @BST_PTA Thanks for this! Hope your students enjoy it.

[Dow @mark_dow]

Harris rn killing a baby in his 78th year

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

I'm never on here, but here I am to say that if you haven't read Tehrangeles by @PKhakpour yet, get thee to your local indie bookseller. Always so much fun and so much laughter with my brilliant friend. Thanks also to @Booksmith for a wonderful event!

[porochista khakpour she/her پوروچیستا خاکپور @PKhakpour]

Last night’s @Booksmith event was
dreamy! Thank you, SF! So many of the greatest Iranians I know showed up (Hoda, Nina, Persis, Zara, Hasti!) plus icons @RebeccaSolnit & @lauraalbert !! My conversation partner @Shanthisekaran was perfect— one of my favorite humans of all time😻

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@PKhakpour @chayab77 @Booksmith @sewaneewriters Aw shucks, you guys.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

So honored to be a finalist for the #CaliforniaBookAward !

[Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California @cwclub]

The finalists for the 93rd Annual #CaliforniaBookAwards are out!

JUVENILE finalists Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris, @dsantat @SchoettlerJoan @Shanthisekaran & Brian Selznick

See full list: https://t.co/viQVqiaXLn

[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund @aaldef]

As the year comes to an end, here are a list of books that came out in 2023 to gift to your loved ones (or yourself!). These are only a few of the amazing books from AAPI authors & illustrators, so be sure to check out your local indie for even more recs! 💫🫶

[Left Margin LIT @leftmarginlit]

Our winter classes are open for enrollment! Take an in person class with @Shanthisekaran, @KeenanNorris2, @m_wesolowska, or @mawsheinwin. We have online offerings with @c_goodw, @angelapneuman, Tommy Mouton, and Mia Ayumi Malhotra.

Why not join the fun?

https://t.co/mgQy5Oufkz

[Alta Journal @AltaJournal]

Home is where the heart (and the stories) are.

@Shanthisekaran reveals the value of different writing spots in her house.
https://t.co/yiyxhUEMJN

[Left Margin LIT @leftmarginlit]

We’re delighted that @Shanthisekaran has agreed to join our advisory board!

Shanthi is a novelist and tv writer. Her adult novel, Lucky Boy, was named an Indie Next Great Read and a Best Book of 2017 by NPR. Her middle grade novels are Boomi's Boombox and The Samosa Rebellion.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@kidsbookaday @KTegenBooks Thanks so much for reading!

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

Friday at @sfgrotto !

[Terry Tierney @TerryTierney14]

I'll be at the Writer's Grotto reading with the tremendous talents @Shanthisekaran, @JennyBitner, @rachelchalmers.

There'll be a post-reading happy hour! Hope to see you there, Bay Area folks!

Happening this Friday, 6/23, from 5 to 7!

https://t.co/jUOAjTNhYb

#WritersGrotto

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@vanessa_hua @salesses Thanks @vanessa_hua ! I’d recommend Yusuf Azeem is not a Hero by @SaadiaFaruqi ✨

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

Woke up on my birthday and watched the last ep of #NHIES4 and realized that this show was the best bday gift, the best everything gift. I wish I'd had it when I was 15, but so glad I have it now. Devi represents who I am and who I would have loved to be. TY
@mindykaling !

[Mindy Kaling @mindykaling]

❤️ https://t.co/tRSFhtbc4z

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@sarareadauthor @Juliahj @authorjesspayne @emmastraub @ErikaKrouse @ChimamandaReal @Egangoonsquad Thanks for the mention, Julia! I’m waiting for YOURS.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

Was just naming a child character in a new thing I'm working on and it occurred to me: Kids are named Billy, but never Bill. You'll never meet a kid named Bill.

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@thesusanito @sfgrotto @J_Dominic_Lim @vanessa_hua @piachats I love this pic of you guys! Thanks so much for being there!

[Shanthi Sekaran @Shanthisekaran]

@tigheflatley It was great meeting you too, Tighe! So glad the panel was helpful--I got a lot out of it, too.