Pooja Makhijani is the author of Mama’s Saris and Bread is Love. She is also the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America.
Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Real Simple, The Atlantic, WSJ.com, The Cut, Teen Vogue, Epicurious, Publishers Weekly, ELLE, Bon Appétit, The Kitchn, BuzzFeed, and Catapult among others.
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Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook has bought world rights for Bread Is Love by Pooja Makhijani, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu, a picture book about a mother and her child sharing a beautiful bond during their ritual bread making, and another untitled picture book. Publication is scheduled for spring 2025; Saba Sulaiman at Talcott Notch Literary Services represented the author, and Aliza Hoover at the CAT Agency represented the illustrator.