Karuna Riazi is author of middle grade fantasy The Gauntlet. She is a born & raised New Yorker, an online diversity advocate, and educator. Karuna is fond of tea, Korean dramas, writing about tough girls forging their own paths toward their destinies, and baking new delectable treats for friends and family to relish. Her dessert of choice is a lemon bar, which always promise a sharp zest of intrigue along with the reassuring sugar of a happy ending.
Karuna earned a BA in English Literature from Hofstra University.
Connect with Karuna on Twitter @karunariazi and her soon-to-launch website karunariazi.com.
Shownotes
In this episode…
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Ma’amoul (date cookie) recipe
Chenna Murki (sweet cheese) recipe
Project STIR (my heirloom recipe blog tour)
Cindy Pon on describing food in books
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Films…
Books…
Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Lips Touch by Laini Taylor
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
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Sarah