Chaithanya Sohan

"My very first poem was about an Indian dessert called Laddoo. At nine years of age, I only had to read it once before I realized I could not write", Chaithanya embarrassing admits every time someone asks her how she began writing. Three years later she poured her heart out in a poem called, "A Family Filled with Love" as she dealt with her dad's passing away. Since that first poem, Chaithanya has immigrated to America, earned two Electrical Engineering degrees, and has coauthored a book, which will release in 2018.

A self-proclaimed daddy's girl, Chaithanya grew up as an only child in India. Her father was her best friend who taught her to love technology, sports, books and writing. They often wrote letters to each other when they had disagreements, and her father would then critique her writing. This allowed her to express herself through words. She often calls her father's death the most defining and impactful experience in her life. She began writing as a way to express herself while coping with the loss of her dad. One poem turned to ten and before long she was coauthoring a book, America Deconstructed about immigrant experiences in America. When she was a new immigrant in America, she often hoped for a guide to surviving a new culture. She calls her book a montage of immigration survivors who made it.

As a new author, Chaithanya crowdfunded her book to a publishing contract. Three years and endless positive rejections later, a publishing contract was much welcomed. She is currently working on a second edition of America Deconstructed and is working on a murder mystery! She is living her Sherlock Holmes. Chaithanya currently lives in California with her husband, daughter, mother and her German Shepherd Zed who she credits for her sanity. In her spare time she loves reading, hiking, traveling and photography. She currently works as a full time engineer in the medical device industry.