Sonali Dev

She moved to the United States around 2006 after marrying her husband, Manoj Thatte, and she has expressed great satisfaction with this arranged union.

[1] Dev experienced racial discrimination from multiple publishing companies because the protagonists in her novels are of Indian descent, and she is writing these diverse characters in the romance genre.

[3][1] In 2018, Dev provided the Librarian's Day keynote speech at the annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference.

[7][1] Dev commonly blends American and Indian cultures in her works, often with an emphasis on the popular Bollywood style.

[2] Characters within Dev's novels often deal with the pressures of family and tradition, as well as how society can react to people with mental illness and fame.