Her mother has told her never to light the Lamp of Bharata because it is cursed, and when Aru does she wakes a sleeping demon bent on the destruction of everything. “Aru Shah and the End of Time” begins with the titular heroine getting called on one of the many lies she’s told other children from her private school - only to discover it’s the one lie that is true. “It’s such a great feeling to see Aru Shah out in the world, and Rosh doing such a great job as a brilliant, engaging speaker.” “I knew young readers were anxious to explore other mythologies from around the world, and I knew there were a lot of great ‘own voices’ writers out there who deserved the spotlight, but working with Rosh and the other authors of Rick Riordan Presents has been more rewarding than I ever imagined,” he says.
Riordan glows with pride when he speaks about it. A week later, the publisher informed her they were buying the book and it would be the imprint’s first title. Chokshi “wrote those first three sample chapters in a fugue state” and sent them in, expecting nothing to happen. Her agent confirmed that, yes, this was a real opportunity. So I went home that day and emailed my agent immediately.” “To me, it called back all that nostalgia for the things I had desperately wanted to write, and also it was a chance to redo middle school.
“When I heard about this imprint I swear to you I started to froth at the mouth,” says Chokshi, 27, who cut her teeth writing “Sailor Moon” fan fiction infused with Indian mythology.
WHAT NEW BOOKS BY RICK RIORDAN SERIES
The just-released novel launches not only a four-book series for young readers but Disney Hyperion’s new Rick Riordan Presents imprint, a line of mythology-inspired books curated by the mega-bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series.Ĭhokshi discovered the imprint was in the works from another author after attending a reading at DragonCon. The story of how Roshani Chokshi ended up writing “Aru Shah and the End of Time” is a bit like a modern fairy tale itself.
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