Payal Doshi

Payal Doshi

Payal Doshi has a Masters in Creative Writing from The New School, NY. Having lived in India, the UK, and US, she noticed a lack of Indian protagonists in global children’s fiction and one day wrote the opening paragraph to what would become Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, her debut middle grade novel. Raised in Mumbai, India, she currently lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband and three-year-old daughter. Drop In to hear a new authorial voice talk about becoming oneself, living with connection, friendship, and finally, breaking down the walls that prevent it.