Miranda Kennedy is an American journalist and writer. Her first book, ''Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India,'' was published by Random House in 2011. Part memoir, part reported nonfiction, it tells the story of several Indian women to describe the slow pace of social and cultural change in India. The book received praise from ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'', ''Macleans'' and ''

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'' among others. Kennedy lived in New Delhi, India for five years, as a reporter covering South Asia for

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and American Public Media's Marketplace Radio. Kennedy is a Supervising Senior Editor at NPR. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

in Vermont and a BA degree from

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in Ireland.

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Kennedy's 2011 article in The Guardian about arranged marriageKennedy's interview on NPR's Morning Edition about "Sideways on a Scooter"List of Kennedy's India stories on Marketplace Radio
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