Interview with Bhupendra Patel, Author of Curious One

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in Author Interviews, Biography & Memoir, eBook, News

26 Jan 2022

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Curious One – My Adventures as a Little Boy in India?

We all have stories to tell. As we get older, we likely have more stories to tell. In fact, so did I. At the age of seventy, choosing what stories to include in a memoir was an amazing challenge for me. I had crossed many seas, traveled through several continents, and emigrated to the United States from India. I spent years as an accomplished nuclear submarine design engineer and could have chosen to tell stories about my journey or my accomplishments. But, I did not.

I chose to write about my earliest childhood adventures from age five through age eight in my memoir. In doing so, I took up the challenge to put words on paper and convert my oral storytelling skills to written pages.

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Curious One – My Adventures as a Little Boy in India, what would they be?

Go back Jack do it again – by Steely Dan.

What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

Memoirs of unknown but interesting people.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

Between two kingdoms, The distance between us, A long way gone, and We were rich and we didn’t know it

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

The description of Radha in “Why did I do it?”

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

I write with my back against the wall so that I can see the sunrise on my right or the sunset on my left.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

Life is fabulous when you’re curious, and life is remarkable when you’re adaptable!