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Uma Krishnaswami

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Uma
Last Name
Krishnaswami
Province or Territory
British Columbia
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Uma Krishnaswami was born in India and now lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Her publications include picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, early readers, and more. She has been nominated twice for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She is faculty emerita, Writing for Children and Young Adults, Vermont College of Fine Arts. Many of her students have gone on to establish successful writing careers.
Available For
Conference panels, keynotes, lectures, workshops. Contact directly for Canadian presentations. US and international bookings through Booking Biz (https://thebookingbiz.com/contact/)
Publications
The Sunshine Project. Groundwood, 2025
Look! Look! illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy. Groundwood, 2024
Birds on the Brain. Groundwood, 2024
Threads of Peace: How Mahatma Gandhi and Reverend King Changed the World. Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum, 2021
Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest, illustrated by Christopher Corr, Groundwood, 2021
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh, Tu Books/Lee & Low, 2017
Bright Sky, Starry City, illustrated by Aimee Sicuro, Groundwood Books, 2015
The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi, Groundwood Books, 2013
The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic, Atheneum, 2013
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything, Atheneum, 2011
Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy, Tulika Books/India, 2010, Groundwood, 2012
Remembering Grandpa, illustrated by Layne Johnson, Boyds Mills Press, 2007
Bringing Asha Home, illustrated by Jamel Akib, Lee & Low, 2006
The Closet Ghosts, illustrated by Shiraaz Bhabha, Children’s Book Press, 2006
The Happiest Tree, illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran, Lee & Low, 2005
Naming Maya, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004
Monsoon, illustrated by Jamel Akib, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003
Holi, Children’s Press/Grolier, 2003
Chachaji’s Cup, illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman, Children’s Book Press, 2003
Hello Flower/Hola Flor, illustrated by Winifred Barnum-Newman, Bebop/Lee & Low, 2001
Yoga Class/La Clase de Yoga, illustrated by Stephanie Roth, Bebop/Lee & Low, 2000
The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha, Linnet Books, 1996
Stories of the Flood. illustrated by Birgitta Säflund, Roberts Rinehart, 1994
Awards
Uma’s books have been picked for APALA award, FOCAL award, CCBC Choices, International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award, Parents’ Choice, Amelia Bloomer List, Junior Library Guild, USBBY’s Outstanding International Books, Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets, South Asia Book Award Honor, Bank Street Best Books of the Year, Children’s Choice award nominations in the US and Canada, the Scholastic Asian Book Award (Singapore), Crossword Award (India), and others.
Other Memberships
SCBWI, PEN Canada
    

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