Rea and the Blood of the Nectar is the first book in The Chronicles of Astranthia series. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two-year-old daughter. She was born and raised in Mumbai India, has lived in the UK and the US, and noticed a lack of Indian protagonists in global children’s fiction and set about writing what would become her first children’s novel. Payal Doshi has an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Struggling with the truth her Amma has kept hidden from her, Rea must follow the clues to find her brother, rescue him, and save Astranthia from a potentially deadly fate. Rea also discovers she is a princess with magic. They travel to Astranthia, a land full of magic and whimsy where she learns that Rohan has been captured. Rea and her friend Leela meet with Mishti Daadi, a fortune-teller whose powers of divination set them off on a thrilling and secret quest. Amma and Grandmother are both behaving strangely, acting like Rohan is gone forever. On the night Rea and her brother Rohan turn twelve, her life in in the small village of Darjeeling, India gets turned on its head when Rohan disappears. Rea and the Blood of the Nectarby Payal Doshi Author Event Author Readings Fireside Reading Series Lecture Reading
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