Bharti Kirchner

Seattle Times by Bharti Kirchner

Short piece by Bharti Kirchner in the Seattle Times.

Bharti Kirchner
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Bharti Kirchner is the author of eight books -- four novels and four cookbooks. Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Thai and other languages. Her fourth novel Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries was selected to be among Summer 2006 Washington Reads program. Her third novel Darjeeling received endorsements from top national authors. Shiva Dancing, her first novel, was chosen by Seattle Weekly to be among the top 18 books by Seattle authors in the last 25 years. And Sharmila's Book, her second novel, was described by Publisher's Weekly as "Smart, swift, and funny." Bharti has won two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants and a GAP grant from the Artist Trust. An award winning cook, Bharti is the author of four popular cookbooks. She has also written numerous articles and essays on food, travel and fitness for magazines that include Food & Wine, The Writer, Writer's Digest, The Seattle Times, Fitness Plus, and Northwest Travel. She is a freelance book reviewer for The Seattle Times. Her most recent personal essay was published in the 2006 Doubleday anthology Kiss Tomorrow Hello. Bharti is a frequent speaker at writer's conferences, book festivals, and universities throughout the nation.

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Bharti Kirchner, Author

Bharti Kirchner is the author of eight books, four of which are critically acclaimed novels.Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries (St. Martin's Press 2003), Darjeeling (St Martin's Press, 2002), Sharmila's Book (Dutton 1999) and Shiva Dancing (Dutton 1998).Her books have been translated in several foreign languages.Winner of two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants and an Artist Trust literature grant, she has also written articles and essays for publications such as Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Writer's Digest, and Northwest Travel and for various anthologies.She is a book reviewer for the Seattle Times.An award-winning cook, she is the author of four popular cookbooks, including the best-selling The Bold Vegetarian (HarperCollins 1995).

-Bharti Kirchner, Seattle Times

Bharti KirchnerBharti Kirchner is the prolific author of eight books -- four novels and four cookbooks.Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish and other languages.Her fourth novel Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries (St. Martin's Press 2003) has been widely reviewed.Her third novel Darjeeling (St. Martin's Press 2002) received endorsements from top national authors.Shiva Dancing (Dutton 1998), her first novel, was chosen by Seattle Weekly to be among the top 18 books by Seattle authors in the last 25 years. ("A finely crafted novel," says Publisher's Weekly."A fresh literary terrain," says San Francisco Chronicle.) Sharmila's Book, her second novel, was published in 1999 by Dutton. ("Smart, swift, and funny," says Publisher's Weekly.) Bharti has won two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants.An award winning cook, Bharti is the author of four cookbooks.
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Bharti has written numerous articles and essays on food, travel and fitness in magazines that include Food & Wine, The Writer, Writer's Digest, The Seattle Times, Fitness Plus, and Northwest Travel.She is a freelance book reviewer for both The Seattle Times and has profiled celebrities for the International Examiner.She has been widely reviewed and profiled in magazines and newspapers throughout the country and has appeared in many radio and television shows.Bharti is a frequent speaker at writer's conferences, book festivals, and universities throughout the nation.