{"id":1935,"date":"2024-08-18T19:51:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/?page_id=1935"},"modified":"2024-08-18T19:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:51:50","slug":"aparna-verma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/aparna-verma\/","title":{"rendered":"Aparna Verma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Aparna Verma will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aparna Verma was born in Rajasthan, India, and grew up in the United States. She graduated from Stanford University with Honors in the Arts and a B.A. in English. In 2021, she self-published The Boy with Fire, which quickly went viral on TikTok, and was later republished by Orbit Books as The Phoenix King in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she is not writing, Aparna likes to lift heavy (arm days are her favorite), dance to Bollywood music, and find cozy cafes to read myths from ancient worlds. You can connect with Aparna on TikTok at @aparnawrites, and Twitter and Instagram at @spirited_gal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-abae1e99 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1705\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"&quot;Verma Aparna FaceCard&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aparna Verma will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! 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In 2021, she self-published The Boy with Fire, which quickly went viral on TikTok, and was later republished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1705,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1935","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg",1024,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg",1024,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Verma-Aparna-FaceCard-2.jpg",1024,1024,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Aparna Verma will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! 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