Writing

After three decades in medicine and drug development, Kavitha chose to step away from an accomplished and fulfilling career to make time for a long-standing creative interest—writing fiction. She’d always had creative outlets, from painting to cooking global cuisines to designing window treatments, but fiction was brand new territory. Her previous writing had been limited to scientific articles and regulatory documents, so she approached the shift with curiosity and without expectation. With support from local and online writing communities and various types of workshops, she began exploration of the craft and, to her surprise, finished the first draft of her novel in under five months.

Her debut novel, HAWK LANE, is literary fiction with strong book club appeal:

Tormented by a mistake and paralyzed by inferiority, a suburban wife and mother alienates from friends, community, and eventually her husband and daughter. She must confront the damage her isolation has caused her family before she loses them—and herself—entirely.

 

Check back here for details on the arrival of HAWK LANE

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Short Fiction

The reception to the on-line publication of her first short story, “Pomp and Circumspection” in Story Quilt has been quite positive. It’s based on a chapter from the upcoming novel, HAWK LANE, and describes the main character Anneliese Sinclair’s gut-wrenching desire to be part of her daughter’s life. Yet, celebrating Ella's plans for college, the first boyfriend, prom, and graduation are excruciatingly out of reach.