Swati avasthi biography of rory

Novel by Swati Avasthi

Split is the debut novel of Swati Avasthi, an Indian American writer and teacher.^[1][2][3][4] This young adult fiction book was written in funded by a grant from the University of Minnesota where Avashi had studied. The manuscript underwent eight revisions and was finally published, after an auction, by Knopf in The book has received a plethora of awards such as the International Reading Association Award, the Cybils award, a Silver Parent's Choice Award, and the New Mexico State Book Award.^[1][5] It has received mostly positive reviews. The book has also received eleven nominations for state awards and it has been published in four languages.

The story was inspired by Avasthi's experiences while working at a domestic abuse law clinic. Avasthi was inspired by an encounter with a mother and her two young children, a boy and a girl, who went through a traumatic and abusive experi