Payal Kapadia (author)
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Payal Kapadia
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Born | 1975 Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Writer, Journalist |
Alma mater | Medill School of Journalism, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable awards | 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature)[1] |
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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.
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
- 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Wisha Wozzariter[4]
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
- "I Write In Confusion And Crisis" – Businessworld, 23 May 2012
- The Hindu 23 May 2012
- Live interview at Bookaroo 2012
- F-Page - Payal Kapadia 2015
References
- ^ "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/payal-kapadia-2/ [dead link]
- ^ http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/payal-kapadia [dead link]
- ^ "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
External links
- Payal Kapadia, official website
- Payal Kapadia at Goodreads
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Indian women children's writers
- Indian children's writers
- Indian women novelists
- Medill School of Journalism alumni
- St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- Writers from Mumbai
- Women writers from Maharashtra
- Novelists from Maharashtra