This chapter profiles Dr. Sayantani DasGupta, a pediatrician, narrative medicine scholar, and New York Times bestselling children’s author whose work centers South Asian representation and narrative justice. After earning her MD and MPH from Johns Hopkins (1998) and completing residency at Montefiore Hospital, Dr. DasGupta became a faculty founder of Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine Program (2001), developing the influential concept of “narrative humility (DasGupta, Sayantani DasGupta [Official website]. http://www.sayantanidasgupta.com/ , n.d.; Columbia CSER, Sayantani DasGupta. https://cser.columbia.edu/cser-people/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; Columbia SPS, Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/sayantani-dasgupta-md-mph , n.d.; DasGupta, Lancet 371(9617):980–981, 2008).” She co-authored “The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine” (Oxford, 2017), which won the Perkins Award for Narrative, and published her medical school memoir “Her Own Medicine” (1999) (Columbia CSER, Sayantani DasGupta. https://cser.columbia.edu/cser-people/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; International Society for the Study of Narrative, The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Award. https://narrative.georgetown.edu/awards/perkins.php , n.d.). Her middle-grade fantasy series beginning with “The Serpent’s Secret,” (2018) became a New York Times bestseller, earning Bank Street Best Book and E.B. White Read Aloud honors (Penguin Random House, Sayantani DasGupta. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/6431/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; Barnes & Noble, Game of stars (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond Series #2). https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/game-of-stars-sayantani-dasgupta/1128563736 , n.d.). The series features Bengali American protagonist Kiranmala, in adventures centered on joy rather than trauma. Dr. DasGupta serves on the board if the non-profit, We Need Diverse Books, co-founded Authors Against Book Bans, teaches at Columbia and Sarah Lawrence, and has over 15 published books across genres (Columbia SPS, Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/sayantani-dasgupta-md-mph , n.d.; We Need Diverse Books, Remembering our radical Asian and Asian American elders. https://diversebooks.org/remembering-our-radical-asian-and-asian-american-elders/ , 2021, June 2; Locus Magazine, Spotlight on authors against book bans. https://locusmag.com/feature/spotlight-on-authors-against-book-bans/ , 2025; DasGupta S, Banning books isn’t just morally wrong. It’s also unhealthy. TIME. https://time.com/7094430/book-banning-health-consequences/ , 2024, October 19; Sarah Lawrence College, Sayantani DasGupta. https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/dasgupta-sayantani.html , 2024).

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Sayantani DasGupta, a pediatrician, narrative medicine scholar, and New York Times bestselling children’s author whose work centers South Asian representation and narrative justice. After earning her MD and MPH from Johns Hopkins (1998) and completing residency at Montefiore Hospital, Dr. DasGupta became a faculty founder of Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine Program (2001), developing the influential concept of “narrative humility (DasGupta, Sayantani DasGupta [Official website]. http://www.sayantanidasgupta.com/ , n.d.; Columbia CSER, Sayantani DasGupta. https://cser.columbia.edu/cser-people/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; Columbia SPS, Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/sayantani-dasgupta-md-mph , n.d.; DasGupta, Lancet 371(9617):980–981, 2008).” She co-authored “The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine” (Oxford, 2017), which won the Perkins Award for Narrative, and published her medical school memoir “Her Own Medicine” (1999) (Columbia CSER, Sayantani DasGupta. https://cser.columbia.edu/cser-people/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; International Society for the Study of Narrative, The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Award. https://narrative.georgetown.edu/awards/perkins.php , n.d.). Her middle-grade fantasy series beginning with “The Serpent’s Secret,” (2018) became a New York Times bestseller, earning Bank Street Best Book and E.B. White Read Aloud honors (Penguin Random House, Sayantani DasGupta. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/6431/sayantani-dasgupta/ , n.d.; Barnes & Noble, Game of stars (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond Series #2). https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/game-of-stars-sayantani-dasgupta/1128563736 , n.d.). The series features Bengali American protagonist Kiranmala, in adventures centered on joy rather than trauma. Dr. DasGupta serves on the board if the non-profit, We Need Diverse Books, co-founded Authors Against Book Bans, teaches at Columbia and Sarah Lawrence, and has over 15 published books across genres (Columbia SPS, Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/sayantani-dasgupta-md-mph , n.d.; We Need Diverse Books, Remembering our radical Asian and Asian American elders. https://diversebooks.org/remembering-our-radical-asian-and-asian-american-elders/ , 2021, June 2; Locus Magazine, Spotlight on authors against book bans. https://locusmag.com/feature/spotlight-on-authors-against-book-bans/ , 2025; DasGupta S, Banning books isn’t just morally wrong. It’s also unhealthy. TIME. https://time.com/7094430/book-banning-health-consequences/ , 2024, October 19; Sarah Lawrence College, Sayantani DasGupta. https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/dasgupta-sayantani.html , 2024).