Uma Krishnaswami

Uma Krishnaswami is an Indian author of picture books and novels for children and is a writing teacher. She is "recognized as a major voice in the expanding of international and multicultural young adult fiction and children's literature."[1]

Uma Krishnaswami
Reading at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Reading at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Born1956
OccupationWriter, writing teacher
Period1990s–present
GenreChildren's literature, picture books, non-fiction
Website
umakrishnaswami.com

Biography

Krishnaswami was born in 1956 in New Delhi, India. She received a degree in political science, and a master's degree in social work from the University of Delhi. [2] In 1979, she moved to the United States where she received an additional graduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] [4] She then moved to Aztec, New Mexico where she lived for many years.[5] She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and she is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada and an Overseas Citizen of India. [6]

Her first published story appeared in Children's World, a magazine published in India, when she was thirteen.[7] Her stories and poems have been published in Cricket, Highlights and Cicada.[1] Her award-winning books, which include middle grade novels, picture books, early readers, and non-fiction are published in English, Hindi, Tamil and twelve other languages.[8][9]

In 2011 Krishnaswami appeared at the National Book Festival which is organized by the Library of Congress. [10]

Chachaji's Cup, one of Krishnaswami's picture books, was adapted into a musical and performed in several theaters in both New York City and California.[11] [12] [13]

Krishnaswami has taught writing to adults and children for years, and for over ten years she was the writer in residence at the Aztec Ruins National Monument.[14][15] She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and CANSCAIP.[16] She also taught writing classes online through Writers on the Net.[17] She currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.[18]

Awards

Bibliography

Middle Grade and Chapter Books
  • Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World (2021)
  • Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh (2017)
  • Book Uncle and Me (2012, 2016)
  • The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic (2013)
  • The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (2011)
  • Naming Maya (2004)

Picture books
  • Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest (2021)
  • Bright Sky, Starry City (2015)
  • The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story (2013)
  • 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)
  • Chachaji's Cup (2003)

Early readers
  • Holi (2003)
  • Hello Flower (2002)
  • Yoga Class (2001)

Retold story collections
  • The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha (2006, 1996)
  • Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India (1999)
  • Stories of the Flood (1994)

Short fiction
  • "Chandra," in The Poetry of US published by National Geographic Kids (2018)
  • "The Gift," in Period Pieces (2003)
  • "Going to Kashi," in Soul Searching (2002)

Nonfiction
  • Beyond the Field Trip : Teaching and Learning in Public Places (2002)
  • No Joke! Humor and Culture in Middle-Grade Books in The Horn Book Magazine Family Reading (May/June 2012 issue)
  • Why Stop at Windows and Mirrors? Diverse Books Act as Prisms for Readers in The Horn Book Magazine (Jan/Feb 2019 issue)

Co-authored
  • Many Windows : Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community. Written with Rukhsana Khan and Elisa Lynn Carbone (2008)

See also

References
  1. "Uma Krishnaswami and International Imaginings." Journal of Children's Literature. Fall 2006. p 60-65. Frederick Luis Aldama.
  2. "Encyclopedia.com 'Something About the Author: Uma Krishnaswami'".
  3. "Interview with Uma Krishnaswami". www.papertigers.org. May 2006. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
  4. "Encyclopedia.com Something About the Author: Uma Krishnaswami".
  5. Acknowledgements in The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha Broken Tusk, 2006
  6. "Vermont College of Fine Arts 'VCFA faculty Uma Krishaswami'".
  7. "Uma Krishnaswami: 2011 National Book Festival". Library of Congress.
  8. "WorldCat Identities Uma Krishaswami".
  9. "Picture Books - Out of the Way! Out of the Way!: Tulika Books Publishers India". www.tulikabooks.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010.
  10. "Uma Krishnaswami: 2011 National Book Festival". Library of Congress.
  11. "New York City Children's Theater 'About Tea with Chachaji' 2012".
  12. "Backstage Magazine 'Tea with Chachaji' Aug 15, 2012".
  13. "Denver Casado Composer & Lyricist website 'Tea with Chachaji'".
  14. "Writers.com/Writers on the Net". www.writers.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2004.
  15. "Aztec Ruins National Monument Teacher Resources". Archived from the original on 28 December 2006.
  16. "Uma Krishnawami". CANSCAIP members. Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (canscaip.org). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  17. "Uma Krishnaswami | Vermont College of Fine Arts". www.vermontcollege.edu. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009.
  18. "Vermont College of Fine Arts 'VCFA faculty Uma Krishaswami'".
  19. "The Children's Book Guild of Washington D.C." www.childrensbookguild.org. Archived from the original on 21 August 2003.
  20. "IRA Children's Literature and Reading SIG Projects - NBGS 2005 List - Multicultural Literature".
  21. "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  22. "Grand Prize Winner".
  23. "2017-2018 Awards Winners".
  24. "School Library Journal Presenting the 2017 USBBY Outstanding International Books List".
  25. "Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year".
  26. Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year 2022 https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BBL-2022-Five-to-Nine-for-web.pdf
  27. "Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year 2022".
  28. Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year 2022 https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BBL-2022-Five-to-Nine-for-web.pdf
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