Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare was an Auntie #1)(99)
Thank you to my family, specifically to my sister Shikha Sharma, who always fights for me, even when I struggle to fight for myself. To my baby brother, Shiv Sharma, for buying my books even though the idea of his oldest sister writing romance weirds him out. To my friends Tracey Sumler and Smita Kurrumchand, who are always my hype girls. Thank you for literally listening to me reading this out loud to you and telling me that it’s not boring.
Thank you to my early readers, Tracey Livesey, Joanna Shupe, Dee Ernst, Megan Bannen, Nam Patel, and Andie Christopher. You all helped me get to the finish line! Thank you to my early morning writers crew that held me accountable, including Adriana Herrera and Alexis Daria. Thank you to Sierra Simone, whose advice about Shakespeare pulling punches was my guiding light throughout this entire novel.
I’m so glad I found my South Asian romance writers group. I love all of you so much, but I need to mention the ones that helped get me through this book. To Alisha Rai, Sona Charaipotra, and Falguni Kothari, thank you for letting me rant, or cry, or just sit in silence. More importantly, thank you for understanding me in ways that so few people have been able to.
And thanks to girl gang behind the Fated Mates podcast, Jen Prokop and Sarah MacLean, for releasing an episode (S03.27, 33:33) when I was a month into writing this book. I’m humbled that you had so much faith in me to say the words, “[The Taming of the Shrew] is not a great model for a modern romance, right? And I want to call out Nisha Sharma’s doing it right now. Her book Dating Dr. Dil is coming out . . . and I trust Nisha implicitly to pull this off, but I think it takes chops.” Jen and Sarah, you inspired me to write the best I could, and I’m forever grateful.
About the Author
NISHA SHARMA is the award-winning author of YA and contemporary romance. She grew up immersed in Bollywood movies, eighties pop culture,
and romance novels, so it comes as no surprise that her work features all three. She lives in Pennsylvania with her Alaskan-born
husband; her cat, Lizzie Bennett; and her dog, Nancey Drew.
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