Payal Kapadia (born 1975) is an Indian author of Children's books. She is the recipient of the 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Wisha Wozzariter.
Biography
Payal Kapadia was born in 1975 in Mumbai, India. She studied English literature at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and received a M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. She has worked as a journalist with Outlook in Bombay and as an Editor with The Japan Times in Tokyo.
Awards
Publications
Young Readers
- Horrid High, Penguin India (2014),
- Puffin Lives: B. R. Ambedkar, Saviour of the Masses, Penguin India (2014),
- Wisha Wozzariter, Penguin India (2012),
- Untold Tales from The Jungle Book: Col Hathi Loses his Brigade, The Walt Disney Company (2010),
References
External links
* "I Write In Confusion And Crisis" â Businessworld, 23 May 2012
* The Hindu 23 May 2012
* Live interview at Bookaroo 2012
* F-Page - Payal Kapadia 2015