Chador Wangmo

Chador Wangmo (born c. 1981)

Wangmo was a schoolteacher before becoming a full-time writer, writing in both English and Dzongkha. She initially published children's books but turned to novels after the death of her mother, whose life inspired her first novel, La Ama... a mother’s call (2015). Her second novel, Kyetse... destiny’s call (2016), is about a young woman, Sonam Dema, who narrowly escapes becoming the victim of sex trafficking. Her children's books include a trilogy about a female superhero named Dema, beginning with Dema: Mystery of the Missing Egg (2017).

She was awarded the SAARC Literary Award by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) in 2023.