A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

Siddharth Katragadda was born in Bangalore, India and spent his first twenty-three years there. He received his Masters Degree from the University of Texas, Arlington.

He is the author of two volumes of poetry, both finalists at the San Diego Book Awards 2003/2003. He is also the author of a novel that is awaiting publication. His work has appeared in A Generation Defining Itself, Golden Thoughts, America at the Millennium and Sulekha.  He has been interviewed in a number of periodicals and on Book Crazy Radio and his work has been reviewed in newspapers/magazines like the Deccan Herald, Indian Express and Suite101.  

 Praise For Dark Rooms :

"Dark Rooms takes the reader on a cleverly and neatly compressed verse tour of the interior and outer lives of three generations." ...Kala Krishnan Ramesh , Deccan Herald

"The author possesses a depth of perception rarely found

  in the best of novelists or poets...Words cannot convey how totally exquisite this poetic story is!!!"  ...The Best Reviews

"Life. Death. Joy. Tragedy. Lures the reader in gently and offers itself, like a cold drink on a sultry day." ...Sharon Wren, Suite101

"A work of Literary Art" ...Terry Relf,
Poetry Editor, WritersMonthly

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