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Author Bio — Short
Riva is a pen-name author, artist, and storyteller. Her debut book, Letters to My Daughter, is a collection of illustrated letters exploring womanhood, memory, emotional inheritance, and the sacred bond between mothers and daughters. She writes from the space where silence meets fire.
Author Bio — Extended
Riva is the pen name of an author, artist, entrepreneur, and storyteller who writes from the intersection of stillness and creation — the ancient duality of Shiva and Shakti.
Her debut work, Letters to My Daughter, is a deeply intimate collection of illustrated letters that traverse themes of womanhood, memory, growth, emotional inheritance, and the unspoken truths that pass between generations of women.
Each letter is accompanied by original artwork — paintings that hold stories words alone cannot carry. The book is not a memoir, nor a guide. It is a conversation between a mother and the woman her daughter is becoming.
Book Summary
Letters to My Daughter: The Stories Women Tell in Their Bones is a literary and visual exploration of the things mothers carry and the truths daughters inherit. Through a series of intimate letters, each paired with original artwork, the book invites readers into the quiet, powerful spaces where generations of women meet.
It is a book about fire and tenderness, silence and speech, becoming and belonging.
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