Minal Hajratwala (they/she) is the founder of the Unicorn Authors Club and co-founder of the Changemaker Authors Cohort, supporting movement leaders and activists to develop narrative-changing books. Her books include Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents (winner of four nonfiction awards), Bountiful Instructions for Enlightenment (poetry), Moon Fiji (travel guidebook), and_ Out! Stories from the New Queer India _(anthology).
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Minal Hajratwala (they/she) is the founder of the Unicorn Authors Club and co-founder of the Changemaker Authors Cohort, supporting movement leaders and activists to develop narrative-changing books...
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