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Anoop Judge

Anoop Judge is an author, TV personality, and a recovering litigator, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Mercy and Grace: A Novel

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No Ordinary Thursday

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The Awakening of Meena Rawat

Rummy

The Rummy Club

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VISITING INDIA IN 118 DEGREE WEATHER

By Anoop Judge | June 19, 2012

My family and I are visiting my parents this summer for their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.  Both my brother (also an NRI or Non Resident Indian) and I are dreading the Delhi summer heat.  Every time we meet, the conversation veers off to the topic of getting roasted in the heat …and stays there.  “I’m …

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Celebrating Holi & other Indian festivals in the United States

By Anoop Judge | May 1, 2012

This last month we celebrated Holi in the East Bay.  Yep, I know, Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season and typically falls in the latter part of Feb. or March (this year it was on Mar. 8th), but in the San Francisco/Bay Area we have to wait till the weather warms …

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TOP 5 THINGS NRI’S (NON-RESIDENT INDIANS) HATE ABOUT INDIA

By Anoop Judge | April 3, 2012

My husband regularly engages in India bashing, as do a lot of my friends’ spouses.  I too, on occasion have been known to slip into the mode of “I love visiting India b-ut….after 2 weeks, I hate ‘so and so’.”  So, in another goofy & thoroughly unscientific poll, here are the TOP 5 THINGS NRI’S (NON-RESIDENT …

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TOP 5 REASONS WHY FOREIGNERS LOVE INDIA

By Anoop Judge | March 4, 2012

I met with my fabulous editor, Laura Wine Paster the other day. She had just returned from a ten day trip to India. She was exhausted, but exhilarated. “I had an amazing time,” she said, “and I’m going back!” Just like Oprah, I mused. She laughed and said, “That’s what everyone’s been saying to me!” From …

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The 2012 San Francisco Writers Conference – a perspective

By Anoop Judge | February 20, 2012

Heard best-selling author Lisa See (Snow Flower & The Secret Fan; Shanghai Girls)…that, besides Speed Dating with 17 or more Agents was the highlight of the event for me.  The theme of the 2012 conference was traditional publishing vs. self publishing. There appear to be two overwhelming trends in the writing and publishing industry: 1) …

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2nd Feb, 2012 ; What is Indianized Rummy?

By Anoop Judge | February 2, 2012

For decades since the long period of British rule, card games such as Poker, Bridge and Rummy have been immensely popular across India where they are played both socially and within the family. Indian Rummy is a fun rummy game with a big sense of tradition. It is particularly popular in card rooms and casinos …

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The story of

Anoop Judge

Born and raised in New Delhi, I now reside in California. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College and am the recipient of the 2021–2023 Advisory Board Award and Alumni Scholarship.

I am the author of four novels, The Rummy Club which won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award, The Awakening of Meena Rawat, an excerpt of which was nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, No Ordinary Thursday (released on August 1, 2022), and Mercy and Grace, which is now available for pre-order.

A recovering litigator, former T.V. presenter, and blogger, my essays and short stories have appeared in Green Hills Literary Lantern, Rigorous Journal, Lumiere Review, DoubleBack Review, and the Ornament Anthology, among others.

You may also recognize me from the show Gems of Ruby Hill, a reality-TV series streaming on @watchcpics showcasing my life as an author and writer.

I am represented by Jessica Faust, jfaust@bookendsliterary.com.

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Mercy and Grace

No Ordinary Thursday

The Awakening of Meena Rawat

The Rummy Club

How has your childhood shaped who you are today?

My two brothers are my siblings. One was two years younger than me and a sturdy, long-limbed boy who would punch me in the gut when our fights became violent. I’d go crying to my mother, who would be the mediator of our skirmishes, but one day my mom said, “Go hit him back. You’re going to live in a world of men. You need to know how to deal with them.” That made me who I am today: a former litigator determined to win in a fight. That lesson served me well when I wound up in the query trenches and spent seven years trying to get traditionally published.

—Anoop Judge

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