Writer, Author of Books for Young Readers

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Uma Krishnaswami

Art © Nishant Jain, 2021. Used by permission of the artist

Art © Nishant Jain, 2021. Used by permission of the artist

 Welcome to the official website and blog of Uma Krishnaswami, writer and author of children's books, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee, 2020 and 2021. For over twenty-five years, Uma has written picture books, chapter books, early readers, short stories, retold story collections, and novels for young readers. She has spoken to audiences in the US, Canada, India, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Uma's books have been translated into eleven languages. She is published by Atheneum, Groundwood Books, Lee & Low, Dundurn Press, Scholastic India, and Tulika Books (India). From 2006-2020, Uma taught writing in the low-residency MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she is now faculty emerita. Born in India, Uma lives and writes in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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Photo © S. Shrikhande

Photo © S. Shrikhande

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