She is married to the author and professor Navdeep Singh Dhillon, who wrote the YA novel Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions.
Aside from writing novels, she is a freelance journalist and editor for entertainment sites like The New York Times,[5] Cosmopolitan[6], Bustle.com,[7] Parade.com, Teen Vogue, Vulture.com,[8] and other US media.
In 2011, Charaipotra co-founded CAKE Literary,[11] a "boutique book development company with a decidedly diverse bent", with her Tiny Pretty Things co-author Dhonielle Clayton.
[12][13] The two friends met at The New School at the beginning of their MFA and bonded over a shared feeling that they were unrepresented in children and YA books growing up and wanting to change that.
The first season of a Netflix Original TV show based on Charaipotra's series Tiny Pretty Things, is set for release in October 2020.