Research is always a high priority in my fiction. Songs, fashion, politics, television, movies, trends - I try to get those details right. — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on the fire escape. I read at the dinner table. I read late into the night in my room. This unhindered foraging and feasting on books - away from controlling, condemning eyes - empowered me to identify and resist… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
I hope and pray that despite an unhealed past full of atrocities and deep divisions in the present, God can and will make "the… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
America inevitably "brings the distant near" because apart from members of the Native Nations, all of us originated in faraway places. Sadly, proximity within the United States doesn't automatically generate friendship. But if we choose to cross borders that may at first bring discomfort and open our hearts to those who seem like strangers, I believe that we can be… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States. — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
“what counted was helping her father achieve his dream-and finding interesting stuff to put in her blog.” — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
