Samantha Rajaram

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Samantha Rajaram is a former attorney and current professor of English in the California Bay Area. Called a “radiant debut novel...perfect for fans of The Miniaturist and Girl with a Pearl Earring” by the Historical Novel Society, THE COMPANY DAUGHTERS is a gorgeously moving, literary work of queer historical fiction about two women—stifled by the expectations of Amsterdam society in different ways—who elect to travel to the colonial outpost of Batavia as brides for its settlers, only to experience unexpected wonder, beauty, and love as they learn to shed the resignation and submissiveness of their old lives and finally reach out for what they truly want.

Represented by Carrie Pestritto.