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The author of the YA doc dramedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak, SONA CHARAIPOTRA is not a doctor — much to her pediatrician parents’ chagrin. They were really hoping she’d grow up to take over their practice one day.
Instead, she became a writer, working first as a celebrity reporter at People and (the dearly departed) TeenPeople magazines, and more recently contributing to publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She was also the editor of the Barnes & Noble Teen blog. These days, she uses her Masters in screenwriting from NYU and her MFA in creative writing from the New School to poke plot holes in her favorite teen TV shows — for work of course. She’s the co-founder of CAKE Literary, a boutique book packaging company with a decidedly ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 36,138 ratings · 6,648 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author), Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 15,956 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shiny Broken Pieces (Tiny Pretty Things, #2) by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author), Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 7,154 ratings — published 2016 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Beginnings and Endings 3.77 avg rating — 6,151 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author), Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symptoms of a Heartbreak 3.47 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic Has No Borders: A Young Adult Fantasy Anthology Reimagining South Asian Legends and Epics by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Maya Got Fierce 3.59 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Has No Borders: A Collection of South Asian Stories by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anuradha D. Rajurkar (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiny Pretty Things / Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author), Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shiny Broken Pieces: A Tiny Pretty Things Novel: The Netflix YA Ballet Drama—Three Dancers, One Spot, Everything to Lose by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author), Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The moment you think you're on top is the moment you've lost your passion.”
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“The Sugar Plum Fairy has the farthest to fall.”
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“Don't carry worries around," she always says. "They're heavy.”
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