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{{short description|American novelist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Sanjena Sathian
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| birth_name = Sanjena Anshu Sathian
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|29|2021|04|08}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gandhi|first=Lakshmi|date=April 8, 2021|title=How a new take on teenage rebellion caught Mindy Kaling's interest|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-take-teenage-rebellion-caught-mindy-kalings-interest-rcna629|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-06|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref>
| occupation = Novelist, journalist
| education = [[The Westminster Schools]]
| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] (B.A)<br>[[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] (MFA)
| genre = [[Magic realism|Magical realism]]
| notableworks = ''Gold Diggers'' (2021)
| website = {{URL|www.sanjena.com}}
}}
'''Sanjena Anshu Sathian'''<ref name="yale" /> is an American novelist and journalist. Her [[debut novel]], ''Gold Diggers'', was published by [[Penguin Press]] in 2021.

== Early life and education ==
Sathian was raised in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] by a [[Malayali]] father and [[Kannada people|Kannadiga]] mother,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathews |first=Sarah Thankam |date=April 6, 2021 |title=How Sanjena Sathian of "Gold Diggers" Creates Magic |work=www.thejuggernaut.com |url=https://www.thejuggernaut.com/sanjena-sathian-gold-diggers |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> both immigrants from [[South India]].<ref name="pdsoros">{{Cite web |title=Sanjena Sathian, 2017 |url=https://www.pdsoros.org/meet-the-fellows/sanjena-sathian |access-date=June 4, 2021 |website=[[The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans]]}}</ref> She grew up in [[Atlanta metropolitan area|metro Atlanta]] and attended [[The Westminster Schools]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Beth |date=April 15, 2021 |title=Q&A: Sanjena Sathian on the magical realism of her debut novel, "Gold Diggers" |work=ArtsATL |url=https://www.artsatl.org/qa-sanjena-sathian-on-the-magical-realism-of-her-debut-novel-gold-diggers/ |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> In high school, she competed in [[policy debate]], winning the national championship as a senior. She attended [[Yale College]], graduating in 2013 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in English.<ref name="pdsoros" /> She was a recipient of a 2017 [[The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans|Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans]].<ref name="yale">{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Ten Yalies receive Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans |url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/04/19/ten-yalies-receive-paul-daisy-soros-fellowships-new-americans |access-date=June 4, 2021 |website=news.yale.edu}}</ref> The fellowship supported her studies at the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], which she graduated from in 2019 with an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in [[creative writing]].<ref name="pdsoros" />

== Career ==
After graduating from college, Sanjena worked as a technology journalist in [[San Francisco]] before moving to [[Mumbai]] to work as a foreign correspondent.<ref name="pdsoros" />

Sathian's debut novel, ''Gold Diggers'', was published by [[Penguin Press]] on April 6, 2021.<ref name="PRH">{{Cite web |title=Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian: 9781984882035 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646888/gold-diggers-by-sanjena-sathian/ |access-date=June 4, 2021 |website=[[Penguin Random House]]}}</ref> It was sold to Penguin Press after a seven-way auction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haridasani Gupta |first=Alisha |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Her Book Is About Belonging. She's Struggling With the Idea. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/books/sanjena-sathian-gold-diggers.html |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> ''Gold Diggers'' is a [[Magic realism|magical realism]] novel that follows Neil Narayan, a second-generation Indian teenager from the suburbs of Atlanta. It is tale of gold heists and alchemy. In February 2021, it was announced that the novel is being adapted into a television series by [[Mindy Kaling]]'s production company Kaling International. Sathian will be a co-writer and co-executive producer of the adaptation, while Kaling and [[Howard Klein (television producer)|Howard Klein]] will be its executive producers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Peter |date=February 17, 2021 |title=Mindy Kaling's Kaling International To Adapt Sanjena Sathian’s Novel 'Gold Diggers' For TV |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/mindy-kaling-international-adapt-sanjena-sathians-novel-gold-diggers-tv-1234695684/ |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> [[Ron Charles (critic)|Ron Charles]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the novel's "effervescent social satire" and "astonishing cultural richness", calling it an "invaluable new alloy of American literature." Charles also compared it to the works of [[Aimee Bender]], [[Karen Russell]] and [[Colson Whitehead]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Charles |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Charles (critic) |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Sanjena Sathian's 'Gold Diggers' is a witty social satire with a dash of magic |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/gold-diggers-book-review/2021/04/05/be3a3342-961d-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' praised Sathian's "sharp" characterization,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Fiction Book Review: Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-984882-03-5 |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> while ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' praised her "page-turner" prose.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sanjena-sathian/gold-diggers-sathian/ |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref>

Sathian's short stories have appeared in ''[[Boulevard (magazine)|Boulevard]]'', ''[[The Masters Review]]'', ''[[Joyland: A hub for short fiction|Joyland]]'', and ''Salt Hill''. She has written nonfiction pieces, including for ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', ''[[Food & Wine]]'', ''The Juggernaut'', ''[[The Millions]]'', and ''[[OZY (media company)|OZY]]''.<ref name="pdsoros" />

== Works ==

=== Novels ===
* {{Cite book |title=Gold Diggers: A Novel |date=April 6, 2021 |publisher=[[Penguin Press]] |isbn=978-1-984882-03-5 |location=New York}}<ref name="PRH" />

=== Short stories ===
* {{Cite magazine |date=May 2018 |title=Neighbors |magazine=[[Joyland: A hub for short fiction|Joyland]]}}
* {{Cite magazine |date=Fall 2018 |title=New America |magazine=[[Boulevard (magazine)|Boulevard]] |issue=100}}
* {{Cite magazine |date=February 2019 |title=Catfishing in America |url=https://salthilljournal.net/sanjena-sathian |magazine=Salt Hill |volume=42}}
* {{Cite magazine |date=June 2019 |title=Narada’s Ears |url=https://mastersreview.com/new-voices/naradas-ears-by-sanjena-sathian/ |magazine=[[The Masters Review]]}}
* {{Cite magazine |date=Spring 2021 |title=Mr. Ashok's Monument |magazine=[[Conjunctions]]}}

=== Selected articles ===
* {{Cite news |date=March 10, 2020 |title="Family Karma" Might Be a Breakthrough for Desis on TV |work=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/family-karma-might-be-a-breakthrough-for-desis-on-tv}}
* {{Cite news |date=June 29, 2020 |title=Time to end the Asian American 'model minority' story |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Time-to-end-the-Asian-American-model-15367770.php}}
* {{Cite news |date=August 5, 2020 |title=We Need to Talk About 'Indian Matchmaking' |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/sunday/indian-matchmaking-netflix.html}}
* {{Cite news |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Indian Americans want to claim Kamala Harris as ours. It’s a trap. |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/indian-americans-want-to-claim-kamala-harris-as-ours-its-a-trap/2020/08/14/74865cb0-dd88-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html}}
* {{Cite news |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Sanjena Sathian: After the Atlanta shooting, all I see is the fragility of our belonging |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-03-18/sanjena-sathian-after-the-atlanta-shooting-all-i-see-is-the-fragility-of-my-belonging}}
* {{Cite news |date=April 9, 2021 |title=How the Pressure of the Model Minority Myth Restricts Our Imagination—and Our Freedom |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/5953333/model-minority-myth-restricts-inner-lives/}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official|https://www.sanjena.com/}}

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[[Category:Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni]]
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