--- title: Sanjena Sathian | TIME description: Sathian is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Gold Diggers. Her second book, Goddess Complex, is out now canonical: https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sanjena Sathian ## Sanjena Sathian Sathian is the author of the critically acclaimed novel _Gold Diggers_. Her second book, [_Goddess Complex_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696780/goddess-complex-by-sanjena-sathian/), is out now ## Sanjena Sathian *  Mar 11, 2025 ### [The American Exceptionalism That Made Usha Vance and Me](https://time.com/7266595/usha-vance-american-exceptionalism-essay/) "The country that formed Usha Vance and her husband also formed me, and its mythologies are also min... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2021 ### [The Pressure of the Model Minority Myth](https://time.com/5953333/model-minority-myth-restricts-inner-lives/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/","name":"Sanjena Sathian"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/"},"name":"Sanjena Sathian","jobTitle":"","description":"Sathian is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Gold Diggers. Her second book, Goddess Complex, is out now","url":"https://time.com/author/sanjena-sathian/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```