Rajani LaRocca
Indian-American writer of children's literature
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Rajani LaRocca is an Indian-American author of children's literature and a primary-care physician.[1][2] She writes middle grade fiction relating to Indian-American identity and medicine.[3][4] She won a 2022 Newbery Honor for her novel Red, White and Whole.[5]
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| Occupation | Writer, physician |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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LaRocca enjoyed creative writing in high school and college but stopped when she began attending medical school. She began writing again in 2011.[2] She signed with TriadaUS Literary Agency in 2017.[6]
LaRocca is of Tamil descent.[7] She was born in Bangalore[6] but grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where she attended Louisville Collegiate School.[2] She moved to Boston for college.[2] She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.[8]
As of 2022, she lived in Concord, Massachusetts[9] with her family.[10]
Four of LaRocca's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Much Ado about Baseball (2021),[11] Red, White, and Whole (2021),[12] Summer Is for Cousins (2023),[13] and Sona and the Golden Beasts (2024),[14]
Publications
Picture books
- LaRocca, Rajani (2020). Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math. Illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan. Lee & Low Books Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-885008-97-8.[15]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). Bracelets for Bina's Brothers. Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. Charlesbridge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62354-129-3.[16]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). My Little Golden Book About Kamala Harris. Illustrated by Ashley Evans. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 978-0-593-43022-4.
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). The Secret Code Inside You: All About Your DNA. Illustrated by Steven Salerno. little bee books. ISBN 978-1-4998-1075-2.[17]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). Summer is for Cousins. Illustrated by Abhi Alwar. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-4197-5733-4.[7]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). Where Three Oceans Meet. Illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-64700-500-9.[18]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2022). I'll Go and Come Back. Illustrated by Sara Palacios. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-1-5362-0717-0.[19]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2022). Chicken Soup for the Soul BABIES: Now! (Barks Dog). Illustrated by Greg Paprocki. Charlesbridge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63289-339-0.
- LaRocca, Rajani (2022). Chicken Soup For the Soul KIDS: Lucas's Tricky Day: Looking on the Bright Side. Illustrated by India Valle. Charlesbridge. ISBN 978-1-62354-283-2.
- LaRocca, Rajani (2023). A Vaccine is Like a Memory. Illustrated by Kathleen Marcotte. Little Bee Books. ISBN 978-1-4998-1326-5.[2][20]
- RaRocca, Rajani (2023). Your One and Only Heart. Illustrated by Lauren Paige Conrad. Dial Books. ISBN 978-0-593-32633-6.[21]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2023). Masala Chai, Fast and Slow. Illustrated by Neha Rawat. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-1-5362-1940-1.[22]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2024). Mauntie and Me. Illustrated by Nadia Alam. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-1-536-22941-7.[23]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2025). Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States. Illustrated by Huy Voun Lee. Christy Ottaviano. ISBN 978-0-316-57175-3.[24]
Middle grade novels
- LaRocca, Rajani (2019). Midsummer's Mayhem. Illustrated by Rachel Suggs. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4998-0889-6.[25]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). Red, White, and Whole. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-304744-0.[12]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2021). Much Ado About Baseball. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4998-1223-7.[26]
- LaRocca, Rajani; Baron, Chris (2023). The Secret of the Dragon Gems. Little Bee. ISBN 978-1-4998-1463-7.[27]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2023). Mirror to Mirror. Quill Tree Books. ISBN 978-0-063-04747-1.[28]
- LaRocca, Rajani (2024). Sona and the Golden Beasts. Quill Tree. ISBN 978-0-06329-540-7.[29]