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Roshani Chokshi

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Roshani Chokshi is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling series The Star-Touched Queen, The Gilded Wolves and Aru Shah and The End of Time, which Time Magazine named one of the Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. Her adult debut, The Last Tale of The Flower Bride, was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and often draw upon world mythology and folklore. Chokshi is a member of the National Leadership Board for the Michael C. Carlos Museum and lives in Georgia with her husband and their cat whose diabolical plans must regularly be thwarted.

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Roshani Chokshi At 1:01 p.m., you check your phone and see a text you don't remember sending to yourself at 12:59 p.m. that says: "RUN! RUN RIGHT NOW!" You hear your …moreAt 1:01 p.m., you check your phone and see a text you don't remember sending to yourself at 12:59 p.m. that says: "RUN! RUN RIGHT NOW!" You hear your basement door creak open and a new text from yourself appears, saying: "Too late."(less)
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Roshani Chokshi I used to fling out my arms in despair over my keyboard. Or start Wikipedia surfing, which I don't recommend because it led me down this wormhole of u…moreI used to fling out my arms in despair over my keyboard. Or start Wikipedia surfing, which I don't recommend because it led me down this wormhole of understanding R. Kelly's rap opera "Trapped in A Closet." Once I even attempted a "words summoning" dance, which involved prancing in a circle carrying a bunch of sharpie pens and chanting.

It didn't work.

Now, I try switching up the perspective and adding facets to whatever isn't working even if I know I won't keep what I'm writing. If it's a fight scene and there's bloodshed, I'll try to jostle up some words by writing from the POV of the blood. Weird, yes. But sometimes it yields a sense or image or moment you didn't anticipate. Perhaps it's the horror when no blood sinks into the ground because the earth has already drank up so much. Maybe it's the smell of something, not just sweat and iron, but rose and salt. It helps me push the scene a little farther. (less)
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Lately, I have had no concept of time. It ceased to proceed in a linear fashion the moment I heard my daughter cry. Since then, I feel like the clock is always 3:22 in the morning. There is always a lump in my throat. Sometimes I am entranced by the sculptural perfection of my daughter's toes. Sometimes I feel off balance, the strain in my shoulder blade from bouncing, bouncing, rocking, rocking t Read more of this blog post »
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The Star-Touched Queen A Crown of Wishes
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Quotes by Roshani Chokshi  (?)
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“I know your soul. Everything else is just an ornament.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Star-Touched Queen
tags: amar, love, soul
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“Make yourself a myth and live within it, so that you belong to no one but yourself.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves
tags: advice, empowerment, myth
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“History is a myth shaped by the tongues of conquerors.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves
tags: the-gilded-wolves
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Roshani’s Quotes

“This is what happens, when things are not quite a fairy tale.
You go into the woods to find your story. If you are brave, if you are fortunate, you walk out of them to find your life.”
― Kat Howard, Roses and Rot
tags: fairy-tales, life
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“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.”
― Eugene O'Neill
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“He pulls me around and kisses me. "You're Mac," he says. "And I'm Jericho. And nothing else matters. Never will. You exist in a place that is beyond all rules for me. Do you understand that?"
I do.
Jericho Barrons just told me he loves me.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever
tags: fever-series, jericho-barrons
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“BITTER: always a bit unanticipated. Coffee, chocolate, rosemary, citrus rinds, wine. Once, when we were wild, it told us about poison. The mouth still hesitates at each new encounter. We urge it forward, say, Adapt. Now, enjoy it.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter
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“Lust rubied my blood, gave me the gait of an uncaught criminal, and I felt like I could walk forever.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter
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Welcome to Paranormal Romance! This group is for the discussion and recommendation of paranormal romances and paranormal erotic romance, along with ur ...more
99862 Multiculturalism in YA,Fantasy, Sci FI,Paranormal and fun books ;p — 440 members — last activity Aug 03, 2025 03:25AM
While most people define multiculturalism as just multiracial, I invite anyone who is interested in multiculturalism in many forms. Books or topic dis ...more
75778 The YA Book Club — 21872 members — last activity 5 hours, 50 min ago
This is a book club for all those who love Young Adult books. We know you love to read, and so do we. We will have optional group reads each month. If ...more
153777 Indian Fantasy Aficionados — 47 members — last activity Oct 06, 2025 08:52AM
The group name could be Fantasy Aficionados from India. All genres of fantasy including but not limited to: Comic fantasy, Contemporary fantasy, Dark ...more
138354 YAlit — 151 members — last activity Aug 25, 2015 06:34PM
Goodreads group formed for /r/YAlit Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young a ...more
159679 Women YA Fantasy Writers Writing About Female Heroes — 20 members — last activity Oct 16, 2015 04:21AM
This group welcomes any women who write YA fantasy with a female lead, whether they be traditionally published, self-published, or unpublished. Our de ...more
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message 1: by Luke
Mar 14, 2016 04:55PM

Luke Taylor Thank you so much for being my friend Roshani! I can't wait to read The Star Touched Queen and dive into the magic and the beauty! And what a gorgeous cover! Best to you!!!
Luke :D


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