Sonia Patel
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Sonia Patel

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Why do I write?
I write to deliver powerful, realistic young adult psychological descriptions and experiences in the form of the YA novel. For me, the plot, characters, and setting are the serving tray for the meal, which is my thematic message. Of course I hope you love the story and characters as much as I do, but I want you to experience the world through the realistic, pained, confused eyes representative of many of my teen patients. I strive to write in a way that replicates as much as possible how these girls recreate relationships based on what they know--their family relationships. Also, how they are often not aware of what basic "normal" teen experiences they should be going through (for example, the importance of building and maintaining strong female friendships or having the time to build their identity free of excessive negative influences).
I am hopeful you will read my debut YA novel, RANI PATEL IN FULL EFFECT, even if it's not your kind of book. You may be surprised if you dive in with an open mind. A wide, open mind. Rani's story, like the lives of some teens I treat, is not a colorful, clear-cut, or well-plotted fantasy world. It's messy, complicated, and repetitive. That is the truth for many, many of my teen patients. Teens that handle everyday what we may think is too intense. Rani's story is worth telling as realistically as possible. Even if it doesn't fit the mold of what people want to read.

Here's a little something about me:
I am the first person in my Gujarati immigrant family to be born in the United States of America. My parents had a traditional arranged marriage in Gujarat, India.

I graduated from Moloka'i High & Intermediate School, then obtained my bachelor's degree in history at Stanford University. I earned a medical degree from the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, and then completed five years of residency training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry at Stanford University and the University of Hawai'i. Immediately after residency, I worked as a psychiatrist on both Oahu and Moloka'i.

Currently, I practice psychiatry on Oahu. I am especially passionate about helping teens work through the emotional sequelae of sexual, physical, and mental abuse. I also do family therapy to help resolve complicated family systems issues. In addition, I've led various teen groups- process therapy groups aimed at building interpersonal and assertiveness skills for depressed, anxious, and eating disordered girls, book discussion groups with incarcerated girls from all the Hawaiian islands, and safe sex psychoeducation groups with psychiatrically hospitalized teens.

When I'm not in the office, you can find me trekking in some lush mountain or valley. Or making hot fudge (or any other sweet treat with the magic five ingredients of semi-sweet chocolate, butter, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla). Or listening to hip hop. Or writing rhymes. Or practicing the latest hip hop dance moves (much to the chagrin of my children). Or discovering new TV shows to binge watch (my favorites include: Peaky Blinders, The Wire, Game of Thrones, and The Hour). And then there's foreign travel, which I do for two reasons: culinary pleasure and finding underground hip hop clubs. So far, the best of both are in Seoul, Tokyo, and London.

I live on Oahu with my husband, two children, and dog.
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