Chatterjee has written, translated, or edited more than 75 books, starting with the poetry collection I Was That Woman in 1989. Her books have been translated into several languages, including French, Welsh, Portuguese, Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, and Mandarin. She has won a number of prizes, including the Peterloo Poets Prize, and her book The Elephant-Headed God and Other Hindu Tales was selected for Children's Books of the Year in 1990.
