Nandini Bajpai

Nandini Bajpai
नंदिनी बाजपई

Collage of cover art of books by Nandini Bajpai
Born Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation Writer
Known for "Red Turban White Horse" (2013) "Starcursed" (2013) "Rishi and the Karmic Cat" (2015)

Nandini Bajpai (Hindi: नंदिनी बाजपई) is a children's book author. Her debut young adult novel "Red Turban White Horse: My sister's hurricane wedding" was published by Scholastic India in 2013.[1][2] Bajpai's second book, Starcursed, a historical young adult novel, was published by Rupa Publications in November 2013. Her newest book Rishi and the Karmic Cat is middle grade (for children aged 9 and up) and is forthcoming from Rupa Publications in September 2015.[3]

Personal life

Nandini Chauhan was born in Meerut UP in a Rajput family. Her father was a military officer and she has three sisters.[4] The youngest of the four Chauhan sisters is the well known Indian writer, Anuja Chauhan.[5][6] Nandini immigrated to Australia with her family in 1991. In 1994, after her marriage, she moved to the US. She worked at Fidelity Investments in Boston until the birth of her first child. After that she became involved in volunteering with several community and animal rescue groups while also starting to write. She was nominated for the India New England Woman of the Year award in 2015.[7]

Bibliography

  • Red Turban White Horse: My sister's hurricane wedding, Scholastic India, June 2013, ISBN 9789351030034
  • Starcursed, Red Turtle/Rupa Publications, November 2013, ISBN 9788129129314
  • Rishi and the Karmic Cat, Red Turtle/Rupa Publications, September 2015, ISBN 9788129135964

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vishav (3 July 2013). "The Age of Young Adults" (Lifestyle Book/Arts). Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hurricane Wedding" (Simply Delhi). India Today. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nandini Bajpai: A Knack for Writing Young Adult Fiction" (August 2014). India New England. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Gianani, Kareena (7 July 2013). "Author by the minute: Nandini Bajpai" (Life and style news). Mid Day Mumbai. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Venkatraman, Janane (8 July 2013). "Band, Bajaa, Books?" (Chennai). The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Limelight: Sister Act" (Calcutta). The Telegraph (Calcutta). 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Author Nandini Bajpai Dabbles in Young Adult Fiction" (May 2015). India New England. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

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