Roopa Pai is an Indian computer engineer, journalist and

children's author Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books which include the India's first fantasy-adventure series for children ''

Taranauts Taranauts is a series of children's novels by Indian author Roopa Pai Roopa Pai is an Indian computer engineer, journalist and children's author living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books which include the India's first fanta ...

'' and the national best seller ''The Gita for Children'' which also won the 2016 Crossword Award for children's writing.

Biography

Roopa was born in a Lingayat family in Bangalore. She started writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the '' Deccan Herald''. She went on to complete her Engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her marriage. Here 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.

Bibliography

* 2004 – ''Chanakya: The Master Statesman'', published by Roopa Publications India * 2008 – ''Ticket Bengaluru'', published by Stark World India * 2011 – ''The Quest For The Shyn Emeralds'', book 1 of the

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 the Earth Stopped Spinning And 24 Other Mysteries'' published by Roopa Publications India * 2015 – ''The Gita for Children'' published by Hachette India * 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 – Book titled ''The Gita for Children'' wins Crossword Award for children's writing * 2017 – Nominated for Femina 2017 women award in the category "Literary contribution"

References

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at Rupa Publications * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers Kannada people Journalists from Karnataka Indian children's writers {{India-writer-stub