Alisha Rai (author)
Alisha Rai is an author of contemporary, erotic, and paranormal romance novels. She advocates for greater diversity in the romance genre. [1] Her book The Right Swipe is about dating in the era of dating apps.[2]
Career[edit]
Prior to becoming a romance author, Rai worked as a lawyer.[1][3]
Rai began publishing her work in 2009, focusing on e-publishing. She had originally attempted to shop her books to traditional publishers, but she was repeatedly told that romances with non-white characters would not sell.[4] Over her career, she expanded into different publishing methods.[5][6] Her Forbidden Hearts series and her novel The Right Swipe are published through Avon Romance.[7] Rai's book Serving Pleasure, was the first self-published book to appear on The Washington Post's annual list of best books of the year.[6]
Rai includes protagonists from a variety of ethnicities.[5][8][3] Her writing also explores the spectrum of sexual identity.[1]
Rai is a vocal participant in the discussion of misrepresentation and under representation of minorities in traditionally published romance.[1]
Rai has been on the receiving end of online harassment.[9]
Themes[edit]
Rai's book The Right Swipe explores aspects of modern dating, specifically online dating and dating apps, along with the contentious research into the affect of concussions on athletes.[10] The book includes feminist and intersectional elements, with the heroine being a woman of color who is a CEO of a Silicon valley company that employs a work force made up largely of women.[11][10]
Personal Life[edit]
Rai is of South Asian descent.[1][12]
Rai began creating stories at the age of 13.[3]
Bibliography[edit]
| Title | Series | Publication Year | ISBN/ASIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glutton for Pleasure | Pleasure Series #1 | 2009 | B002GEDF2I |
| Cabin Fever | 2009 | 9781605047539 | |
| Veiled Desire | Veiled #1 | 2010 | 9781605048918 |
| Veiled Seduction | Veiled #2 | 2010 | 9781609280475 |
| Never Have I Ever | Reynolds Pack #1 | 2010 | 9781609283056 |
| Hot as Hades | 2011 | 9781609286286 | |
| Night Whispers | ShadowLands #1 | 2012 | 9781609285449 |
| Play With Me | Bedroom Games #1 | 2013 | 9781301991358 |
| Risk & Reward | Bedroom Games #2 | 2013 | 9781301449187 |
| Bet on Me | Bedroom Games #3 | 2014 | 9781311537669 |
| A Gentleman in the Street | The Campbell Siblings #1 | 2014 | 9781514616956 |
| Serving Pleasure | Pleasure Series #2 | 2015 | 9781518710100 |
| Falling for Him | The Karimi Siblings #1 | 2015 | B00WTWI44G |
| Falling for Her | The Karimi Siblings #2 | 2015 | B012X78XSS |
| Be My Fantasy | The Fantasy Series #1 | 2016 | 9781548839314 |
| Stay My Fantasy | The Fantasy Series #2 | 2016 | B01H2PFGYK |
| Hate to Want You | Forbidden Hearts #1 | 2017 | 9780062566737 |
| Wrong to Need You | Forbidden Hearts #2 | 2017 | 9780062566751 |
| Hurts to Love You | Forbidden Hearts #3 | 2018 | 9780062566775 |
| The Right Swipe | Modern Love #1 | 2019 | 9780062878090 |
Awards[edit]
- 2015 - Serving Pleasure - Washington Post Best Romance Novels of 2015[13]
- 2017 - Hate to Want You - Entertainment Weekly's 10 best romance novels of 2017[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Beckett, Lois (April 4, 2019). "Fifty Shades of White: the long fight against racism in romance novels". The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Burned Out By Dating Apps? 'The Right Swipe' Will Relight Your Fire". NPR.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Luther, Jessica (Nov 6, 2017). "Getting Steamy with Author Alisha Rai". Shondaland. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Garcia-Navarro, Lulu (April 8, 2018). "The Billion-Dollar Romance Fiction Industry has a Diversity Problem". NPR. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Faircloth, Kelly (November 22, 2017). "Author Alisha Rai Discusses Writing Romance Novels in a Very Rough Year". Jezebel. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Charles, Ron (November 26, 2015). "Romance finally breaks The Post's 'No Self-Published Books' rule". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Alisha Rai". Avon Romance. 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Alter, Alexandra (July 7, 2018). "The Changing Face of Romance". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ↑ Carpenter, Julia (June 25, 2019). "Romance Novelists Write About Sex and Pleasure. On the Internet That Makes Them Targets for Abuse". Glamour. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Diehl, Amanda (August 5, 2019). "Burned Out By Dating Apps? 'The Right Swipe' Will Relight Your Fire". NPR. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ↑ Green, Jaime (May 28, 2019). "Four Delicious New Romance Novels". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ↑ Bhalerao, Anandita (November 7, 2019). "Verve Weekend Guide". Verve. Retrieved November 18, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ MacLean, Sarah (November 18, 2015). "Best romance novels of 2015". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ↑ Lenker, Maureen Lee (December 18, 2017). "The 10 best romance novels of 2017". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
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