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Sona Charaipotra
Sona Charaipotra

Sona Charaipotra is author of the doc dramedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak and co-author of the YA dance duology Tiny Pretty Things, a 2020 Netflix original series. A former People reporter, she’s writes for publications like the NYTimes and Cosmopolitan, and co-founded CAKE Literary, a boutique book packager focused on delicious, diverse reads. She has a masters in screenwriting from NYU and MFA in fiction from New School. Next up: How Maya Got Fierce and Rumor Game. Find Sona on Twitter: @sona_c

Book Title(s):

Tiny Pretty Things (HarperTeen, 2015)

Shiny Broken Pieces (HarperTeen, 2016)

Symptoms of a Heartbreak (Imprint/Macmillan, 2019)

How Maya Got Fierce (Imprint/Macmillan, 2021)

Rumor Game (Freeform/Disney, 2022)

Award(s) and Accolade(s):

Symptoms of Heartbreak is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard and earned raves from Entertainment Weekly, NPR and People magazine

Tiny Pretty Things debuts as a Netflix original series Fall 2020

Pronouns:
she/her
Identity:
Neurodivergent, South Asian
Age Categories:
Middle Grade, Young Adult
Genres:
Contemporary, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Publicity Information:
sonacwrites@gmail.com

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