PEPSI/MTV INDIES buzz picks (“Heptanesia”): “ An Exclusive Playlist Of Exclusive Indie Tracks” by Titus Pinto (September 28, 2015).

THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN COVER STORY: “ Bibliophiles Plug In” by Aditya Mani Jha (October 3, 2015).Brown Girl Magazine: Top 20 Must-Reads feature(October 5, 2015).ANOKHI MEDIA feature: Tanuja Desai Hidier Rattles & Hums with Bombay Blues.THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Top Five Books celebrating the Indian-American Experience feature.India-West feature: Tanuja Desai Hidier’s Bombay Blues wins South Asia Book Award.M EDIA DIVERSIFIED: Tanuja’s tribute-in-lyrics to Prince for The Morning Papers (“Zindagi bhar nahin bhoolegi woh Purple barsaat ki raat”, May 23, 2016).THE AEROGRAM: Tanuja’s tribute-in-lyrics to Prince (‘Happy Birthday Prince!’, June 7, 2016).T HE PARIS REVIEW review of The Morning Papers tribute to Prince (including Tanuja’s tribute-in-lyrics), June 7, 2016.SUGARSCAPE feature/review (“Ten Coming of Age Novels That Everyone Should Read” by Alison Umminger, June 1, 2016).BARNES & NOBLE feature(“11 YA Authors Discuss the Role of Faith in Their Lives” by Michael Waters, July 18, 2016).KHABAR MAGAZINE feature(“Dimple’s Blues in Bombay” by Devika Rao, August 2016).BUSTLE.COM (“8 South Asian YA Authors to Diversify Your Bookshelf” by Caitlin White, April 22, 2016).PASTE MAGAZINE (“The 30 Best Young Adult Books of All Time” by Eric Smith, October 20, 2016).BOOKRIOT (“7 YA Books I Need to See at the Movies or on TV” by Christina Vortia, November 5, 2016).BARNES & NOBLE – “And the winner is: Honoring This Year’s ALA Youth Media Awards and Remembering Winners of Yesteryear” by Sarah Hannah Gomez (January 25, 2017), on Born Confused‘s 2003 APALA Children and YA Honor Award.Dimple Lala named a top 5 character in MEET THE AUTHORS: Mitali Perkins, Author of You Bring The Distant Near – Interview + Giveaway.BUSTLE.COM (“10 Books About the Search for Asian-American Identity” by Swapna Krishna, January 26, 2017).

TEEN VOGUE (“8 Books With South Asian Characters to Read in 2017”, by Pooja Makhijani, April 27, 2017).ON OUR MINDS/Scholastic – #WeHaveDiverseBooks: 5 Questions with author Tanuja Desai Hidier, by Brooke Shearouse, July 19th, 2017.BARNES & NOBLE (“6 YA Books That Have Voice for Days” by Sona Charaipotra, April 24, 2017).

NBC NEWS: ‘Flagship’ South Asian Young Adult Novel Born Confused Still Resonates After 15 Years”by Lakshmi Gandhi (September 1 2017).

An ongoing series by writers/authors in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the publication of Tanuja’s landmark novel: David Levithan, Samira Ahmed, SJ Sindu, Sarvat Hasin, Carlie Sorosiak, Nisha Sharma, Donna Freitas, Sonali Dev, Christina Vortia, Marina Budhos.

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier