Born: 1983 (circa), United States (assumed)
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Country most active: United States
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Priyanka Champaneri’s debut novel The City of Good Death won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, longlisted for India’s Tata Literature Live! First Book Award, and named one of NPR’s 2021 Books We Love. Her writing has appeared in Astra, Electric Lit, Hindu Business Line, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, and more. She received her MFA from George Mason University and has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts numerous times.