Shanthi Sekaran is the author of the adult novel Lucky Boy, which was an IndieNext Great Read with three starred reviews and was named a best book of the year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Library Journal. It has also been optioned by HBO Max in one of their first limited series deals. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon.com, LA Review of Books, and HuffPost. She teaches creative writing and literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. You can visit her at shanthisekaran.com.