Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia is an author of Children's books. She is the recipient of the 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Wisha Wozzariter.

Payal Kapadia
Born1975
Mumbai, India
OccupationWriter, Journalist
Alma materMedill School of Journalism, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
GenreChildren's literature
Notable awards2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature)[1]
Website
www.payalkapadia.com

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.[2][3]

Awards

Publications

Young Readers
  • Horrid High, Penguin India (2014), ISBN 978-0143333173
  • Puffin Lives: B. R. Ambedkar, Saviour of the Masses, Penguin India (2014), ISBN 978-0143332282
  • Wisha Wozzariter, Penguin India (2012), ISBN 978-0143332114
  • Untold Tales from The Jungle Book: Col Hathi Loses his Brigade, The Walt Disney Company (2010), ISBN 978-9380594408

Interviews

References
  1. "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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