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Lakshmi Iyer

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Lakshmi is an alumna of the Yale Writers Workshop 2018. She has a certificate in creative writing from Simon Fraser University. A business analyst by profession, she raises her children in the Northeast US with her husband. Her work has appeared in Mutha Magazine, The Huffington Post, Chicago Now, Adoptive Families, Centered magazine and The Verve. She also has essays in two anthologies – I AM STRENGTH (Blind Faith Books) and Desi Modern Love (Story Artisan Press). Her debut children’s book “Why is my Hair Curly?” was published by the Red Panda imprint (Westland Books – An Amazon company)

She blogs at www.lgiyer.com and is often found tweeting @lakshgiri ...more

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	Why is My Hair Curly? 4.37 avg rating — 142 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desi Modern Love: An Anthology of True Stories by Ranjani Rao (Goodreads Author), Nandini Patwardhan (Goodreads Author), Kalpana Mohan 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Strength!: True Stories of Everyday Superwomen by Alyssa Waugh (Editor), Martha Frankel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lakshmi Iyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haiku 2022 by Lee Gurga (Editor), Scott Metz (Editor), Adjei Agyei-Baah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	emerge 16: the Writer's Studio Anthology by The Writer's Studio (Editor), Lakshmi Iyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Raoul Fernandes (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	amber i pause: haiku and tanka by Kala Ramesh (Editor), Lakshmi Iyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Teji Sethi (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Analytics and Data Science: Advances in Research and Pedagogy by Amit V. Deokar (Editor), Ashish Gupta (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lakshmi Iyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A few days ago, I was in the car with my older girls. I was driving and trying to make conversation. If you have a teen at home, you know these opportunities to talk are precious. Conversation veered to how old they would be twenty years from now and what life would be like then.…

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Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune

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Lakshmi Iyer wrote a new blog post Why Can’t We Talk About The Money? – Adoption Edition A few days ago, I was in the car with my older girls. I was driving and trying to make conversation. If you have a teen at home, you know these opport Read more of this blog post »
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Brilliant novel A dizzying tour of the echelon of powers and the maze that are the three branches of government. Fast paced thriller, brilliantly written.
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Lakshmi answered Goodreads's question: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? All the unanswered emails in my spam folder could be fodder for juicy mysteries. :)
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Lakshmi and 3 other people liked Suja's review of Why is My Hair Curly?: "A very cute story. Enjoyed reading this. The book revolves around Avantika's dilemma and heartache over her curly hair which stays untamed inspite of brushing. This little girl who knows she was adopted by her Appa and Amma keeps thinking if her birt" Read more of this review »
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Lakshmi has read 91 Predictions: The Fate of the World and Its People in the Next Half Century by Greenstone Lobo	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lakshmi liked Seethalakshmi's review of Why is My Hair Curly?: "Title: Why Is My Hair Curly? Author: Lakshmi Iyer (Debut Children’s Book) Illustrator: Niloufer Wadia Type: Paperback Age Group: 7+ Well, this review comes in a little later than I actually planned to write (thanks to the routine gone helter-skelter durin" Read more of this review »
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Lakshmi liked Sheena Sivanandan's review of Why is My Hair Curly?: "Truly endearing and a feel- good book. Its a fast read but covers multiple issues like curly hair, acceptance of oneself, adoption, growing up pangs and even teaching kids about good and bad touch. Very crisp and vivid writing. My rating 5/5"
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