Novelist Spotlight #166: Hot new Canadian author Deepa Rajagopalan

She was born in Saudi Arabia, moved to India as an adolescent, and later to the United States and Canada in her twenties. Today, Deepa Rajagopalan has published a short story collection titled “Peacocks of Instagram,” whose title story won the 2021 PEN Canada New Voices Award, and is now working on her first novel, titled “We Have Come Empty Handed,” the story of a disparate group of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, whose lives become entangled and caught in the exigencies of war, deception and intolerance.    We discuss:    >> Her path to publication  >> Life in Saudi Arabia  >> Mentorship  >> Her influences  >> Writers conferences and book expos  >> Etc.    Learn more about Deepa Rajagopalan here: https://www.deeparajagopalan.com   Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no    Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com