Sandhya Menon

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Sandhya Menon is the New York Times bestselling author who is well known for her teenage romantic comedies When Dimple Met Rishi (2017), Theres Something about Sweetie (2019), Of Curses and Kisses (2020), etc.Menon grew up in India, and at the age of fifteen, while she was in tenth grade, she moved to the United States. She lives with her husband and children; a son and a daughter, in Colorado, a western U.S. state with a mesmerizing scenic view of mountains covered in fog or snow clouds.Since childhood, Sandhya was passionate about writing, and it was only in her late twenties that she realized that she wanted to become a professional writer. In an interview, she said, Since I was very little, yes! I used to write on my clothes and the furniture in my house. Then my parents wised up and bought me a set of notebooks, and the rest is history! I didnt really consider being a professionalwriter until I was in my late twenties.Initially, her parents were skeptical about Sandhyas career choice in the field of writing as they didnt consider the profession suitable for an Indian girl. In an interview, she said, I had showed no aptitude whatsoever for biology and had even ran out of the room bawling when my teacher insisted I dissect a fetal pig. She took pity on me and let me write a paper about genetics instead..Although she die-hard fan of Bollywood films and most of her stories feature lots of kissing, girl power, romance, and charming boys, Sandhya Menon denies being a romantic. In an interview, she said, I love to write [romance] and read it and watch it in Bollywood movies, but in my personal life Im much more practical..Thereafter, on 22 May 2018, her second book From Twinkle, with Love was published by Simon Pulse. Later, she scribbled various other books like Theres Something About Sweetie (2019), As Kismet Would Have It (2019), 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (2020), etc. Theres Something About Sweetie (2019).Apart from her teenage romantic comedies, she has also written an adult book Make Up Break Up (2021) under the pseudonym Lily Menon. She has chosen to pen down adult fiction novels under a different name because of her widespread audience which could be as young as just eleven years old. In an interview, she said, The reason Im making sure to differentiate between my sexy rom-coms and my generally chaste YA romances is because Ive had readers as young as 11 in my signing lines. I wanted to make it as easy as possible for parents, booksellers, and librarians to be able to tell which one of my books was adult and which was suitable for a YA audience..