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Devi S. Laskar

Biography

Devi S. Laskar

Devi S. Laskar is a poet, novelist, artist, photographer, songwriter and former newspaper reporter. Her debut poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAITS EX MACHINA, is out now from Finishing Line Press. Laskar is the author of the award-winning novel THE ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES and, recently, CIRCA, a GOOP Book Club selection. Her third novel is the newly released MIDNIGHT, AT THE WAR, and her first spoken-word album is coming out this spring. In 2022, USA Today named her one of 50 AAPI authors to read. She holds degrees from Columbia University, University of Illinois and UNC-Chapel Hill. She now lives in California with her family.

Books by Devi S. Laskar

Midnight, at the War
by Devi S. Laskar - Fiction

Foreign correspondent Rita Das has left New York for the war-torn Middle East, a reassignment she asked for after learning she is pregnant but uncertain if the father is her husband or her lover. As she strives to shed light on the fallouts of the war, Rita finds herself embroiled in her own conflicts with her interpreter and her news editor, her sources and her colleagues. She is unable to accept the loss of her mother and deal with her guilt for not being by her side when she died. As she goes into the field to report on the war, she grapples with the physical and emotional tolls of her pregnant body and a turbulent region. When her news editor delivers urgent orders for her to return to New York, Rita is faced with a choice about how she wants to live her life as a journalist and a soon-to-be mother.