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Diya Chacko

Diya Chacko is a New Orleans native with degrees from USC Annenberg and Columbia University’s Earth and Environmental Science Journalism master's program. She had stints at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and the California Center for Health Reporting before becoming the Digital Production Manager for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She started at The Orange County Register in 2017 as the Digital News Editor.

The author TJ Klune, whose new novel, “Somewhere Beyond the Sea,” is a sequel to “The House in the Cerulean Sea,” says he aims for this new book to celebrate the trans community and hopes we can “be kinder to each other.” (Courtesy of Tor Books)

TJ Klune says ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ inspired a ‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea’ character

September 4, 2024 at 1:55 p.m.

The author, whose new novel is a sequel to 'The House in the Cerulean Sea,' aims to celebrate the trans community and hopes we can 'be kinder to each other.'

Dr. Abraham Verghese, author and professor of medicine at Stanford University, discusses his latest book “The Covenant of Water,” out May 2, 2023 from Grove Atlantic. (Photo credit: Jason Henry / Courtesy of Grove Atlantic)

Abraham Verghese says ‘The Covenant of Water’ dips into his family’s past

April 27, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.

A vast and epic telling of the generations who face the curse known as “The Condition,” Dr. Verghese’s latest work weaves history and medicine together to welcome readers to the...

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