{"id":15783,"date":"2022-11-06T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=15783"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:18:53","slug":"rati-mehrotra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/rati-mehrotra\/","title":{"rendered":"Rati Mehrotra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Rati Mehrotra grew up in India and now lives in Toronto where she writes short stories and science fiction and fantasy novels. She trained as an economist and later worked in environmental policy. During her careers, she lived in Switzerland and other countries before settling in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/01\/Flower-and-Thorn-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17211 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/01\/Flower-and-Thorn-book-cover.jpg 143w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/01\/Flower-and-Thorn-book-cover-98x150.jpg 98w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 143px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 143\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Young adult)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flower and Thorn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New York: Wednesday Books\/St. Martin\u2019s Press, 2023.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01OCUL_TMU\/1pfebod\/alma991005980009708636\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01OCUL_TMU\/1pfebod\/alma991005980009708636\">PS8626.E38 F56 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A young flower hunter gets embroiled in the succession politics of the Sultanate when she must retrieve the rarest and most powerful magical flower after it falls into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Mahimata-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15786 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Mahimata-book-cover.jpg 212w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Mahimata-book-cover-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Mahimata-book-cover-99x150.jpg 99w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 212px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 212\/320;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mahimata<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Harper Voyager, 2019.<br>Series: Asiana ; bk. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyra has returned to the caves of Kali, but her homecoming is bittersweet. Her beloved teacher is dead, and one of her best friends, Nineth, is missing. And gone too is Rustan, the Marksman who helped her train for the duel with Tamsyn\u2014and became far more than a teacher and friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaken by his feelings for Kyra and the truth about his parentage, Rustan has set off on a quest for answers. His odyssey leads him to the descendants of an ancient sect tied to the alien Ones\u2014and the realization that the answers he seeks come with a price. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"499\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Markswoman-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15787 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 328px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 328\/499;width:149px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Markswoman-book-cover.jpg 328w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Markswoman-book-cover-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Markswoman-book-cover-99x150.jpg 99w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markswoman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Harper Voyager, 2018.<br>Series: Asiana ; bk. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, one of a handful of sisterhoods of highly trained elite warriors. Armed with blades whose metal is imbued with magic and guided by a strict code of conduct, the Orders are sworn to keep the peace and protect the people of Asiana. Kyra has pledged to do so\u2014yet she secretly harbors a fierce desire to avenge her murdered family. But to be a Markswoman means disconnecting from one\u2019s past completely.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When her beloved mentor dies under mysterious circumstances, and Tamsyn, the powerful and dangerous Mistress of Mental Arts, assumes control of the Order, Kyra is forced on the run. She is certain that Tamsyn committed murder in a twisted bid for power, but she has no proof. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Night-of-the-Raven_Dawn-of-the-Dove-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15788 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Night-of-the-Raven_Dawn-of-the-Dove-book-cover.jpg 218w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2022\/11\/Night-of-the-Raven_Dawn-of-the-Dove-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Young adult)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New York, NY: Wednesday Books\/St. Martin\u2019s Press, 2022.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01OCUL_TMU\/1pfebod\/alma991014686485608636\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01OCUL_TMU\/1pfebod\/alma991014686485608636\">PS8626.E38 N54 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From the author&#8217;s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Katyani\u2019s role in the kingdom of Chandela has always been clear: becoming an advisor and protector of the crown prince, Ayan, when he ascends to the throne. Bound to the Queen of Chandela through a forbidden soul bond that saved her when she was a child, Katyani has grown up in the royal family and become the best guardswoman the Garuda has ever seen. But when a series of assassination attempts threatens the royals, Katyani is shipped off to the gurukul of the famous Acharya Mahavir as an escort to Ayan and his cousin, Bhairav, to protect them as they hone the skills needed to be the next leaders of the kingdom. Nothing could annoy Katyani more than being stuck in a monastic school in the middle of a forest, except her run-ins with Daksh, the Acharya\u2019s son, who can\u2019t stop going on about the rules and whose gaze makes her feel like he can see into her soul. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rati Mehrotra <a href=\"https:\/\/ratiwrites.com\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpervoyagerbooks.com\/\">Harper Voyager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/wednesdaybooks.com\/\">Wednesday Books<\/a>, an imprint of Macmillan USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rati Mehrotra grew up in India and now lives in Toronto where she writes short stories and science fiction and fantasy novels. She trained as an economist and later worked in environmental policy. 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