Roopa Pai

Roopa Pai
Born	Bangalore, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Children's author Journalist
Notable work	Taranauts
Spouse	Arun Pai [1]

Roopa Pai is children's author and journalist ^[2] living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books, which include the India's first fantasy-adventure series for children Taranauts, and the national best seller The Gita for Children, which also won the 2016 Crossword Award for children's writing.

Biography

Pai was born in a Lingayat family ^[3] in Bangalore. ^{[4] [5]} She started writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the Deccan Herald . She went on to complete an engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her marriage. There she started writing for the children's magazine Target .

The couple eventually shifted to London, where she wrote articles covering Indian restaurants in London, for the Travel Trends magazine. She was also commissioned by the British Tourism Authority to cover hotels and accommodations for Indian tourists across the UK. The couple eventually moved back to Bangalore. ^[5]

Bibliography

• 2004 – Chanakya: The Master Statesman, published by Roopa Publications India ^[5]
• 2008 – Ticket Bengaluru, published by Stark World India ^[5]
• 2011 – The Quest For The Shyn Emeralds, book 1 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2011 – Riddle of the Lustr Sapphires, book 2 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Secret of the Sparkl Amethysts, book 3 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Race for the Glo Rubies, book 4 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Mystery of the Syntilla Silvers, book 5 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Key to Shimr Citrines, book 6 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Search for the Glytr Turquoise, book 7 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2013 – The Magic of the Dazl Corals, book 8 of the Taranauts series, published by Hachette India
• 2014 – What If Earth Stopped Spinning? And 24 Other Mysteries, published by Roopa Publications India
• 2015 – The Gita for Children, published by Hachette India ^[2]
• 2017 – So You Want to Know About Economics, published by Roopa Publications India
• 2017 – Ready!: 99 Must-Have Skills for the World-Conquering Teenager (and Almost-Teenager), published by Hachette India
• 2018 – Krishna Deva Raya: King of Kings, published by Eicher Goodearth
• 2019 – The Vedas and Upanishads for Children, published by Hachette India
• 2019 – From Leeches to Slug Glue: 25 Explosive Ideas That Made (and Are Making) Modern Medicine, published by Penguin Random House India

Awards and recognition

• 2016 – Won Crossword Award for children's writing for her book The Gita for Children ^[6]
• 2017 – Nominated for Femina 2017 women award in the "Literary Contribution" category ^[7]

References

1. "Emperaza of cool". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
2. "Just Right for Kids". The Indian Express. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
3. K, Bhumika (31 August 2015). "The Gita in a 21 C avatar". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 January 2018.
4. Venkatesh, Aarthi (16 May 2017). "'I'd have been a teacher if I hadn't become an author'". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 January 2018.
5. "Talking the walks |". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
6. "TEDxNMIMSBangalore | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
7. "Catch all the action at the Femina Women Awards 2017 tonight!". femina.in. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 June 2013)
• Taranauts website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2016)
• Roopa Pai at Rupa Publications
• Roopa Pai at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Book Review: The Gita for Children by Roopa Pai