Award Roundup

Since not everyone is keeping track of my Facebook updates (I know! What's up with that?), I thought I should do the right thing, marketing-wise, and write up a post about the accolades that my firstborn has been racking up.  Leaving India has won three awards and was shortlisted for a fourth.

Want to know to make a first-time author happy? Give her awards! Yes!

So (drumroll please) … the awards thus far…

Pen Center USAResearch Nonfiction Winner

This is a regional award of the "west of the...