Uma Krishnaswami

Uma Krishnaswami

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Uma Krishnaswami Profile

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  • Uma Krishnaswami
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Uma Krishnaswami Biography

Uma Krishnaswami is a teacher and an author of picture books and novels for children. Her picture books are Out of the Way! Out of the Way! (2010), Remembering Grandpa (2007), Bringing Asha Home (2006), The Closet Ghosts (2006), The Happiest Tree (2005), Monsoon (2003) and Chachaji's Cup (2003). The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha (2006, 1996), Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India (1999) and Stories of the Flood (1994) belong to her Retold story collections. Beyond the Field Trip: Teaching and Learning in Public Places (2002) is her single non-fiction work. She is known for her contributions in expanding international and multicultural young adult fiction and children’s literature. Most recently in 2013, she received Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Book Uncle and Me.

 

Uma Krishnaswami was born in 1956 in New Delhi. She completed graduation in political science and post-graduation in Social work from University of Delhi. In 1979, she and her husband moved to the United States where she took one more degree. The couple at present lives in Aztec, New Mexico and has one son. She published her first work at the age of 13 when her story appeared in Children’s World. Later he contributed through picture books, collections of stories of India, non-fiction books and novels. Apart from English, her works have been published in Spanish, Hindi, Tamil and six other languages.

 

Krishnaswami was a founding co-director of the Bisti Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project in New Mexico. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a nonresident member of The Children's Book Guild of Washington DC. Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha in 1997 and Notable Book For a Global Society for Naming Maya in 2005 are other major honours received by her.

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Updated: January 21, 2014

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