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ⓘ About Sayantani DasGupta
Sayantani DasGupta is a renowned American children’s author and physician-scholar of Indian heritage. She was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1970 and was brought up in New Jersey and Ohio. Sayantani completed her graduation from Brown University. She earned her MPH and M.D. degrees from the John Hopkins Univerity. Sayantani is trained in public health and pediatrics. She is employed at the Columbia University as a teacher of Narrative medicine in the Master’s degree program. She also teaches in the Graduate Program at the Sarah Lawrence College. In addition to writing children’s stories, practicing medicine, and teaching, Sayantani speaks on the issues of race, gender, medical education, and storytelling on the national level.
All Book Series by Sayantani DasGupta
Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014
Girl Scouts: Maven Takes the Lead
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2024 Anthology · Yamile Saied Méndez
Anika and the Great Dog Rescue
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025
13 American Women Who Changed the World
Series opener · book 1 of 31 · published 2017 Anthology · Chelsea Clinton
She Persisted Around the World
Book 2 of 31 · published 2018 Anthology · Chelsea Clinton
American Olympians Who Changed the Game
Book 3 of 31 · published 2020 Anthology · Chelsea Clinton
Florence Griffith Joyner
Book 10 of 31 · published 2021 Anthology · Rita Williams-Garcia
Wangari Maathai
Book 17 of 31 · published 2022 Anthology · Eucabeth A. Odhiambo
Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference
Book 18 of 31 · published 2022 Anthology · Chelsea Clinton
Marian Anderson
Book 21 of 31 · published 2022 Anthology · Katheryn Russell-Brown
Rosalind Franklin
Book 26 of 31 · published 2022 Anthology · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Florence Nightingale
Book 28 of 31 · published 2023 Anthology · Chelsea Clinton,Shelli R. Johannes
Pura Belpré
Book 30 of 31 · published 2023 Anthology · Meg Medina,Marilisa Jimenez Garcia
Simone Biles
Latest in the series · book 31 of 31 · published 2023 Anthology · Kekla Magoon
South to South: Writing South Asia in the American South
Book 2 of 4 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sayantani DasGupta?
Sayantani DasGupta is a renowned American children's author and physician-scholar of Indian heritage. She was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1970 and was brought up in New Jersey and Ohio. Sayantani completed her graduation from Brown University.
Which Sayantani DasGupta series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series, the earliest of Sayantani DasGupta's multi-book series: it opens with The Serpent's Secret (2018) and runs to 3 books across 2018–2020, ending with The Chaos Curse (2020). Sayantani DasGupta's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Sayantani DasGupta written?
Sayantani DasGupta has 52 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2026. 41 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series with 3 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sayantani DasGupta's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sayantani DasGupta's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond (2018–2020, 3 books), The Pinki Adventures (2021–2022, 2 books) and Secrets of the Sky (2023–2024, 3 books), plus 1 more.
How are Sayantani DasGupta's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sayantani DasGupta's 52 books into 5 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond (3 books, 2018–2020); Secrets of the Sky (3 books, 2023–2024); The Pinki Adventures (2 books, 2021–2022); Girl Scouts (2 books, 2024–2025); She Persisted (31 books, 2017–2023).