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Archana Maniar

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Archana Maniar is an infectious disease physician and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Davis. While she cares for patients during the day, by night, she can usually be found typing away on her laptop trying to free up the stories that have been floating around in her mind (usually with her cat Shadow napping by her side).

As a child, Archana bounced between states, countries, and continents, having lived on both coasts of the US as well as in Mumbai, India. Before studying medicine, she studied political theory and biology at UCLA. With a perspective forged by trying to find home in disparate parts of the world, her first novel, DRY SPELLS, was described by by Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of THE SKYLARK'S SECRET as ...more

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