Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist, and How to Find What You're Not Looking For, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the New York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA Program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Praise for The Night Diary By Veera Hiranandani
John Newberry Medal, 2019
2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award
2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's
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A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick
Georgia Children’s Book Award 2019-2020 Nominee
Camellia Children's Choice Book Award Nominee ALABAMA
2021-2022
Malka Penn Book Award Winner CONNECTICUT 2018
Nutmeg Book Award CONNECTICUT Nominee 2021
Georgia Children's Book Award GEORGIA Nominee 2019-2020
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award ILLINOIS Master List
2020
Young Hoosier Book Award INDIANA Nominee 2020-2021
William Allen White Children's Book Award KANSAS Reading List
2020-2021
Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award LOUISIANA Nominee
2020-2021
Maine Student Book Award 2019-2020 Master List
Massachusetts Children's Book Award MASSACHUSETTS Nominee
2020-2021
Great Lakes Great Books MICHIGAN Nominee 2020-2021
Mark Twain Readers Award MISSOURI Nominee 2020-2021
Great Stone Face Book Award NEW HAMPSHIRE Nominee 2019-2020
Garden State Book Award NEW JERSEY Nominee 2021
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) OREGON Nominee 2021
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award PENNSYLVANIA Nominee
2020-2021
South Carolina Book Awards SOUTH CAROLINA Nominee 2020-2021
Volunteer State Book Award TENNESSEE Nominee 2020-2021
Lone Star Reading List TEXAS Reading List 2019
Beehive Book Award UTAH Nominee 2020
Just One More Page! WISCONSIN Reading List 2019
ILA 2019 Teachers’ Choices Reading List
2019 Jane Addams Honor Book in the Books for Older Children
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A Best Book of the Year by Amazon
A Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews
A Best Book of the Year by The New York Times
A Best Book of the Year by NPR
A Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal
A Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post
“Veera Hiranandani is a master storyteller. This riveting and
important book speaks to the power of love in a world divided by
hate and raises questions that still need to be asked seventy years
after its events took place. Nisha and her story are a part of
me now. My question is how do we make this a ‘community read’
for the whole world?”—James Howe, author of The Misfits
“Nisha's sweet, sheltered world disappears overnight when her
country splits in two—now Hindus must live in India, Muslims in
Pakistan. But Nisha's both. Where can her family be safe?
Hiranandani's story is set in an historical time little known to
American children, but she tells it in a way that makes it
accessible, timely, interesting and real."—Kimberly Brubaker
Bradley, author of Newbery Honor–winning The War That Saved My
Life
“Veera Hiranandani’s storytelling is exquisite and compelling. For
Nisha, like so many of us, home is a complicated place and this
heartbreaking and hopeful novel reminds us that even in places
where there is great loss and strife, there is deep joy, renewed
faith. The Night Diary is a treasure for young readers who are
searching for their place in the world, who are determined to bring
home with them wherever they go.”—Renée Watson, Piecing Me
Together
* "Believable and heartbreaking...A gripping, nuanced story of the
human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and
adults."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "This rich, compelling story, which speaks to the turbulence
surrounding India’s independence and to the plight of refugees,
should be in all libraries."—School Library Journal, starred
review
* "The diary format gives her story striking intimacy and
immediacy, serving as a window into a fraught historical moment as
Nisha grapples with issues of identity and the search for a home
that remain quite timely."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Hiranandani’s prose shines in both emotion and simple, rich
description...A clear, compelling, and deeply felt historical
novel."—Booklist, starred review
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