Featured Interview With Priya Prithviraj
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I currently live in the city of Hyderabad in India, which is also known as the ‘city of pearls’. I grew up in Kerala and moved to Hyderabad a couple of years back to attend university. Ever since, I’ve been living in this city and I’ve had pets at different points of time, mostly cats.
I’ve always liked having animals around me so I try to be kind and to take care of the street cats and dogs. I cannot really call them my pets but I do pet them and I enjoy spending time with them.
Right now, I have a few pet snails living in my terrariums. 🙂
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
As a child, I used to enjoy being read to by my sisters and started reading early reader books from first grade. Then, I was introduced to the world of Enid Blyton by my sisters who were voracious readers themselves and I read a lot of books from Heidi to Little Women and Rebecca throughout my school years once I started borrowing from the library.
I used to write stories for contests at school, and also at the back of my notebooks. It wasn’t until I joined university that I started writing poetry which I published in literary magazines. After publishing in a couple of magazines, I published my first book of poetry ‘Purple Kisses’ (The Linnets Wings Press, 2017) and now I’m working on a short collection again. I am also writing a sequel to ‘I Still Remember’, my contemporary romance Kindle short.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favourite writers are Daphne du Maurier, Jane Austen, L M Alcott and L M Montgomery. I also like the novels of Arun Joshi. While I do read fiction, mostly literary or classic, and also children’s literature, I actually enjoy reading poetry more than anything else.
I like to read translated works from the Japanese — both prose and poetry, like those of Kawabata and Basho, and I feel that my style of writing probably reflects an influence. My writing, especially my poetry is inspired by nature, as is Japanese literature.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a sequel to ‘I Still Remember’, my contemporary romance Kindle short set in South Korea. This book takes place after the summer after Ji-woo completes university in book one and follows her into the city of Seoul where she meets some new people whom she will never forget. As it is a sequel, and also because it is set in South Korea, I’m working really hard researching the setting and rereading book one to ensure consistency in plot. I hope that readers of ‘I Still Remember’ will like this book too.
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