Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Jyoti Rajan Gopal is a kindergarten teacher and the author of American Desi, illustrated by Supriya Kelkar, and My Paati?s Saris, illustrated by Art Twink. She was born in India but grew up all over the world, from Thailand to Indonesia to Myanmar to China. More than twenty-five years ago, she moved to New York City with her husband and raised her two daughters in Yonkers in a very old house with an amazing porch, where she still lives.