- Divakaruni's novels have appeared on the New York Times, IndieBound, and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller lists.- Her novel The Mistress of Spices was made into a feature film.- Among other awards, Divakaruni has won the American Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award.- Short stories by Divakaruni have been published in more than fifty magazines, including The New Yorker and the Atlantic Monthly.