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Pia Chatterjee is a writer, essayist and a member of the SF Writers Grotto. Pia's novel in progress, ALL THE HAPPY FAMILIES was a finalist for Tin House's 2023 submissions for debut novels.Pia has won the Ledge prize for fiction, was named the Emerging fellow at San Francisco Writers Grotto, and was a finalist for the Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation award.
Pia has work published or upcoming in CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, 7X7, Alta Magazine, Zyzzyva, Hyphen, and other places. She has frequently appeared at Litquake in San Francisco, and attended both Tin House and Bread Loaf workshops.
Pia, who has a B.A. in English Literature from Oxford University and a MFA from UC Riverside, lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.
WRITING
SAN FRANISCO BUSINESS TIMES
PEN PUSHER
NOVEL EXCERPTS:
7x7 MAGAZINE
BLOGS:
ESSAY:
ZYZZYVA
HYPHEN MAGAZINE
SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE
JOURNALISM:
CNN MONEY
EVENTS
Recent Readings
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY: Grotto Nights at the Library
Tuesday 8/8/2023, 6-8 p.m.
Grotto Nights is a monthly series at the Library featuring The Writers Grotto members who will showcase and discuss their writing around a theme of their choice. This month features Terry Tierney, Pia Chatterjee and Sophia Raday on Why We Love Mysteries: The Genre and Motif of Discovery.
SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS GROTTO: Reading and Meeting
Friday 9/18/2023, 5-7 p.m.
Join us for Reading and Meeting! Our fabulous readers are Sarita Sarvate, Pia Chatterjee, Elizabeth Svoboda and Doug Henderson. Emceed by our beautiful poet Heather Bourbeau. Event to take place on the Mezzanine level.
TJPA AT SALESFORCE PARK: Literary Series
Thursday 2/15/2024, 5-7 p.m.
TJPA at Salesforce Park is a annual literary series featuring San Francisco Poets and Writers. This event features Terry Tierney, Pia Chatterjee and Preeti Vangani, reading from their works.
GET IN TOUCH
For enquiries about ALL THE HAPPY FAMILIES, please write to Elisabeth Weed at the Book Group
For essays, reviews and briefs please write to piachatterjeewrites@gmail.com