Distributors and Retailers
Children's Books
India
FEATURED AUTHORS
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Uma Krishnaswami is from India, and now lives in northwest New Mexico. She's the author of picture books (Monsoon, a Parents' Choice recommended book, and The Happiest Tree, a CCBC Choice, and many others) and a middle grade novel, Naming Maya (an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society). She teaches writing online and is on the faculty of the Vermont College MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Learn more about her at www.makrishnaswami.org. -
Andy Cope describes himself as a "professional trainer, qualified teacher, author and learning junkie". He is currently doing a Doctorate at the University of Loughborough... investigating the science of happiness and positivity. He is the best-selling author of the children’s ‘Spy Dog’ and 'Spy Pups' series (aimed at age seven plus).
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Arundhati Venkatesh has always been making up stories. Now she puts them down on paper. She believes fantasy and reality are different ways of looking at the same thing. Books, riddles, magic and murukku are a few of her favourite things. When she is not cooking up stories or dreaming of food, she haunts bookstores and libraries in Bangalore.Her books, Junior Kumbhakarna, Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief and Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles were published in 2014.You can write to her at author.arundhati@gmail.com and find out more about her at arundhativenkatesh.wordpress.com. -
Kimmie Auntie fell in love with India more than a decade ago and as she was taught as a child: what you love, you give to. The Me and We series is her latest gift to India– an offering of love to a country that she adores.
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Rhea Kumar is a Class XII student of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi. Rhea is an avid reader from her childhood days and is now a passionate writer as well. Rhea has been a prize winner three times in the Scholastic Writing Awards and her entries have been published in the ‘For Kids by Kids’ series in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Music is her second love: she is a trained Classical Hindustani vocalist and also plays the guitar. Born to Die is her first book. The unpublished manuscript was nominated for the National Debut Youth Fiction Award by the National Book Trust in February 2013. Rhea hopes to make a career in journalism someday.
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Shamya Dasgupta has been a sports journalist for over a decade and is currently Senior Editor with Wisden India. He has been a member of the nomination panel for the 2013 and 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards and a member of the Worldwide Panel of Experts for the 2012 London Olympics with The Guardian. Bhiwani Junction, his book on Indian boxing, was published by HarperCollins India in 2012. Shamya lives in Bangalore with Ajitha, his wife, and Lio, their ‘dogson’.
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Shamim Padamsee is an author, educationist, lover of life and nature. She loves writing about different aspects of India- its flora and fauna, arts and crafts and its rich cultural heritage. She runs a website called Young India Books that reviews India-centric books for children. Her motto is Read India. Love India.
LOCAL AUTHORS
Geronimo Stilton is the publisher of The Rodent's Gazette, Mouse Island's most famouse newspaper. He is Rattus Emeritus of Mousomorphic Literature and Neo-Ratonic Comparative Philosophy. In his spare time, Mr. Stilton enjoys collecting antique cheese rinds, playing golf, and telling stories to his nephew Benjamin. He lives in New Mouse City, Mouse Island.
- Arundhati Venkatesh has always been making up stories. Now she puts them down on paper. She believes fantasy and reality are different ways of looking at the same thing. Books, riddles, magic and murukku are a few of her favourite things. When she is not cooking up stories or dreaming of food, she haunts bookstores and libraries in Bangalore.Her books, Junior Kumbhakarna, Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief and Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles were published in 2014.You can write to her at author.arundhati@gmail.com and find out more about her at arundhativenkatesh.wordpress.com.
Shamya Dasgupta has been a sports journalist for over a decade and is currently Senior Editor with Wisden India. He has been a member of the nomination panel for the 2013 and 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards and a member of the Worldwide Panel of Experts for the 2012 London Olympics with The Guardian. Bhiwani Junction, his book on Indian boxing, was published by HarperCollins India in 2012. Shamya lives in Bangalore with Ajitha, his wife, and Lio, their ‘dogson’.
Shamim Padamsee is an author, educationist, lover of life and nature. She loves writing about different aspects of India- its flora and fauna, arts and crafts and its rich cultural heritage. She runs a website called Young India Books that reviews India-centric books for children. Her motto is Read India. Love India.
Ruskin Bond's first novel, The Room on the Roof, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He has published over thirty five novels and several collections of short stories. He has received the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri.Ruskin Bond lives in Mussoorie.
Gulzar, one of India's finest film makers and lyricists, has always been a poet at heart. His oeuvre is steeped in a poetic sensibility, marked by a lyricism rare in the world of Hindi cinema. His journey as a poet began with the Progressive Writers' movement. Today, he is regarded as one of India's foremost Urdu poets, unparalleled in his exploration of human relationships and the insight and sensitivity with which he addresses the many facets of daily life. Gulzar's writings reflect his keen observation of life and the environment around him, without in any way compromising on artistry or lyricism; his poems incorporate the mundane and the everyday to create vivid images. He has published a number of poetry anthologies, collections of short stories, and a biography of Mirza Ghalib. He is regarded as one of India's finest writers for children with several books for children to his credit. Apart from the countless Filmfare awards and National Awards for his films and lyrics, Gulzar has also received the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award in 2002 (for his short story collection Dhuaan) and the Padma Bhushan in 2004.
Luther Tsai has achievements worldwide as an architect, urban planner, and author and academic. From creating spaces in the most vibrant cities of modern Asia, to creating innovative Humanities, Science, English and Mandarin curriculum worldwide- Luther and his wife, Serene Pang, the education consultant for this series, recreate the remarkable Vision of Ancient China found in the Magic Mirror Series.
